Age-related alterations in white matter microstructure measured by diffusion tensor imaging

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1215-1227

  Salat, D H ^a   Tuch, D S ^a   Greve, D N ^a   Van Der Kouwe, A J W ^a   Hevelone, N D ^a   Zaleta, A K ^a   Rosen, B R ^a   Fischl, B ^a,b   Corkin, S ^a,c   Diana Rosas, H ^a   Dale, A M ^a,b,d  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Corticospinal; Internal capsule; Motor; Myelin; Prefrontal; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CAPSULA INTERNA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANISOTROPY; ATROPHY; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL CAPSULE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 21144446406     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2004.09.017     Document Type: Article

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