Region-specific changes of cerebral white matter during normal aging: A diffusion-tensor analysis

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 129-138

  Yoon, Bora ^a   Shim, Yong Soo ^a   Lee, Kwang Soo ^a   Shon, Young Min ^a   Yang, Dong Won ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cingulum; Diffusion tensor analysis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Normal aging; White matter of the brain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KOREA; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VOLUNTEER; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRUM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 44449119554     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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