Brain changes with aging: MR spectroscopy at supraventricular plane shows differences between women and men

Radiology

Volumn 226, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 889-896

  Sijens, Paul E ^a   Den Heijer, Tom ^b   Origgi, Daniela ^c   Vermeer, Sarah E ^b   Breteler, Monique M B ^b   Hofman, Albert ^b   Oudkerk, Matthijs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain; Magnetic resonance (MR); Metabolism; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN VENTRICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN; CHOLINE; CREATINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0037371417     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2263011937     Document Type: Article

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