Selective atrophy of left hemisphere and frontal lobe of the brain in old men

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 165-174

  Shan, Zu Y ^a,b   Liu, Jing Z ^a,b,c   Sahgal, Vinod ^a   Wang, Bin ^c   Yue, Guang H ^a,b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Cleveland State University   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 17144365497     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/60.2.165     Document Type: Article

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