Brain aging and its modifiers: Insights from in vivo neuromorphometry and susceptibility weighted imaging

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1097, Issue , 2007, Pages 84-93

  Raz, Naftali ^a,b   Rodrigue, Karen M ^a   Haacke, E Mark ^a  

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

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain; Deoxyhemoglobin; Iron; Longitudinal; MRI; Susceptibility weighted imaging; Vascular risk

Indexed keywords

AGING; BRAIN; BRAIN OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IN VIVO STUDY; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RISK FACTOR; TISSUE OXYGENATION; VISUAL CORTEX; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

HEMOGLOBIN;

AGING; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEMOGLOBINS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 34247613108     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1379.018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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