Hippocampal volume is as variable in young as in older adults: Implications for the notion of hippocampal atrophy in humans

NeuroImage

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 479-485

  Lupien, S J ^a   Evans, A ^b   Lord, C ^a   Miles, J ^c   Pruessner, M ^a   Pike, B ^b   Pruessner, J C ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Hippocampus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HIPPOCAMPUS ATROPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATROPHY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34548793578     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.09.041     Document Type: Article

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