A longitudinal study of brain volume changes in normal aging using serial registered magnetic resonance imaging

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 989-994

  Scahill, Rachael I ^a   Frost, Chris ^a,b   Jenkins, Rhian ^a   Whitwell, Jennifer L ^a   Rossor, Martin N ^a,c   Fox, Nick C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0038375823     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.60.7.989     Document Type: Article

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