Thinning of the cerebral cortex in aging

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 721-730

  Salat, David H ^a,e   Buckner, Randy L ^b,d   Snyder, Abraham Z ^b,c   Greve, Douglas N ^a   Desikan, Rahul S R ^a   Busa, Evelina ^a   Morris, John C ^c   Dale, Anders M ^a   Fischl, Bruce ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Atrophy; Calcarine cortex; Cortical thickness; Dementia; Executive function; Magnetic resonance imaging; MRI; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATROPHY; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 1942437161     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhh032     Document Type: Article

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