Diffusion tensor metrics, T2 relaxation, and volumetry of the naturally aging human caudate nuclei in healthy young and middle-aged adults: Possible implications for the neurobiology of human brain aging and disease

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-13

  Hasan, Khader M ^a,c   Halphen, Christopher ^a   Boska, Michael D ^b   Narayana, Ponnada A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caudate nuclei; Diffusion tensor imaging; MRI T2 relaxation; Normal or natural aging; Young and middle age adults

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; DIFFUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RELAXATION TIME; TENSORS;

AGE-RELATED CHANGES; CAUDATE NUCLEI; FRACTIONAL DIFFUSION; MIDDLE AGES; NATURAL AGING; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; T2 RELAXATION;

DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING;

ADULT; AGING; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 37549035427     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21434     Document Type: Article

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