The relation between global and limbic brain volumes on MRI and cognitive performance in healthy individuals across the age range

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 569-576

  Tisserand, D J ^a   Visser, P J ^a   Van Boxtel, M P J ^a   Jolles, J ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Limbic lobe; Memory; MRI; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NEURORADIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0034622245     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(00)00133-0     Document Type: Article

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