Thalamic volume predicts performance on tests of cognitive speed and decreases in healthy aging: A magnetic resonance imaging-based volumetric analysis

Cognitive Brain Research

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 377-385

  Van Der Werf, Ysbrand D ^a,b,f   Tisserand, Danielle J ^c   Visser, Pieter Jelle ^c   Hofman, Paul A M ^d   Vuurman, Eric ^c   Uylings, Harry B M ^e   Jolles, Jelle ^c  

^a Research Institute of Neurosciences   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Attention; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mental chronometry; Thalamus; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; THALAMUS;

EID: 0035043461     PISSN: 09266410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-6410(01)00010-6     Document Type: Article

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