Brain volumes in healthy adults aged 40 years and over: A voxel-based morphometry study

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 329-336

  Riello, Roberta ^a   Sabattoli, Francesca ^a   Beltramello, Alberto ^b   Bonetti, Matteo ^c   Bono, Giorgio ^d   Falini, Andrea ^g   Magnani, Giuseppe ^f   Minonzio, Giorgio ^e   Piovan, Enrico ^b   Alaimo, Giuseppina ^a   Ettori, Monica ^a   Galluzzi, Samantha ^a   Locatelli, Enrico ^a   Noiszewska, Malgorzata ^a   Testa, Cristina ^a,h   Frisoni, Giovanni B ^a  

^a IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^b MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Istituto Clinico Citta di Brescia   (Italy)

^d OSPEDALE DI CIRCOLO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^f SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain volumes; MRI; Normal; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; AGE; AGING; ATROPHY; BRAIN; HISTOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; ATROPHY; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33644661797     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324618     Document Type: Article

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