Aging, gender, and the elderly adult brain: An examination of analytical strategies

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 290-302

  Greenberg, Daniel L ^a   Messer, Denise F ^b   Payne, Martha E ^b   MacFall, James R ^b   Provenzale, James M ^b   Steffens, David C ^b   Krishnan, Ranga R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Caudate; Cerebrospinal fluid; Gender; Gray matter; Hippocampus; Morphometry; Putamen; Sex; Volumetry; White matter

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEPHALOMETRY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; SEX DIFFERENCE; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 37549059904     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2006.09.016     Document Type: Article

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