Age effects on atrophy rates of entorhinal cortex and hippocampus

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 733-740

  Du, An Tao ^a   Schuff, Norbert ^a,b   Chao, Linda L ^a,b,c   Kornak, John ^a,b   Jagust, William J ^d   Kramer, Joel H ^c   Reed, Bruce R ^d   Miller, Bruce L ^b   Norman, David ^b   Chui, Helena C ^e   Weiner, Michael W ^a,b,c  

^a SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

APOE 4; Atrophy rate; Hypertension; Normal aging; Subcortical vascular disease; The entorhinal cortex; The hippocampus

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULAR DISEASE; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 33645998739     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2005.03.021     Document Type: Article

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