Differential aging of the brain: Patterns, cognitive correlates and modifiers

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 730-748

  Raz, Naftali ^a   Rodrigue, Karen M ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Cognitive aging; Hypertension; Longitudinal; MRI; Vascular risk; Volumetric; White matter

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CORTICOSTEROID; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

AGING; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CADAVER; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DEMYELINATION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FITNESS; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS; VOLUMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33747888336     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2006.07.001     Document Type: Review

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