Age and gender effects on human brain anatomy: A voxel-based morphometric study in healthy elderly

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1075-1087

  Smith, Charles D ^a,b,c   Chebrolu, Himachandra ^a,c   Wekstein, David R ^b   Schmitt, Frederick A ^b   Markesbery, William R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cortex; Magnetic resonance imaging; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENDER; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL CORTEX; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 34247387963     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2006.05.018     Document Type: Article

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