The relationship between head size and intracranial volume in elderly subjects

Brain Research

Volumn 973, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 74-80

  Wolf, Henrike ^a,b   Kruggel, Frithjof ^a   Hensel, Anke ^a   Wahlund, Lars Olof ^b   Arendt, Thomas ^a   Gertz, Hermann Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Brain reserve; Cognition; Head size; Intracranial volume; Mild cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN SIZE; CEPHALOMETRY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRANIOMETRY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VARIANCE;

EID: 0037961844     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(03)02552-6     Document Type: Article

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