Sex differences in prefrontal volume with aging and Alzheimer's disease

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 591-596

  Salat, D H ^a   Stangl, P A ^a   Kaye, J A ^a   Janowsky, J S ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Frontal lobe; Gray matter; Human; Magnetic resonance imaging; Prefrontal; Sex characteristics

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0033370212     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(99)00067-6     Document Type: Article

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