Longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging studies of older adults: A shrinking brain

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 3295-3301

  Resnick, Susan M ^a   Pham, Dzung L ^a   Kraut, Michael A ^b   Zonderman, Alan B ^a   Davatzikos, Christos ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain volumes; Gray matter loss; Longitudinal studies; Magnetic resonance imaging; White matter loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL CORTEX; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INSULA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; ORBITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0037996766     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-08-03295.2003     Document Type: Article

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