Structural changes in the midbrain with aging and Parkinson's disease: An MRI study

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 449-453

  Sohmiya, Makoto ^a   Tanaka, Makoto ^a   Aihara, Yoshiaki ^b   Okamoto, Koichi ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Shinozuka Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Midbrain; MR imaging; MRI morphometry; Parkinson's disease; Substantia nigra

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MESENCEPHALON; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED NUCLEUS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE;

EID: 1542298227     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(03)00125-8     Document Type: Article

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