Regional frontal cortical volumes decrease differentially in aging: An MRI study to compare volumetric approaches and voxel-based morphometry

NeuroImage

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 657-669

  Tisserand, Danielle J ^a   Pruessner, Jens C ^b   Sanz Arigita, Ernesto J ^c   Van Boxtel, Martin P J ^a   Evans, Alan C ^b   Jolles, Jelle ^a   Uylings, Harry B M ^c,d  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain anatomy; Frontal cortex; MRI; Volumetry; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAY MATTER; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 0036427935     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-8119(02)91173-0     Document Type: Article

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