Neuroanatomical correlates of fluid intelligence in healthy adults and persons with vascular risk factors

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 718-726

  Raz, Naftali ^a,b,f   Lindenberger, Ulman ^c   Ghisletta, Paolo ^d   Rodrigue, Karen M ^a,b   Kennedy, Kristen M ^a,b   Acker, James D ^e  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^e BAPTIST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Institute of Gerontology   (United States)

Author keywords

Entorhinal cortex; Fluid intelligence; Hippocampus; Longitudinal latent growth models; Prefrontal cortex; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; ORBITAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; VASCULAR DISEASE; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 39349117252     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhm108     Document Type: Article

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