Hippocampus and amygdala volumes in a random community-based sample of 60-64 year olds and their relationship to cognition

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 185-197

  Maller, Jerome J ^a   Anstey, Kaarin J ^a   Réglade Meslin, Chantal ^a   Christensen, Helen ^a   Wen, Wei ^b   Sachdev, Perminder ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amygdale; Hippocampus; Memory; MRI; Sex; Volumetrics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VOLUMETRY;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALA; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 36148967650     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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