Total and regional gray matter volume is not related to APOE*E4 status in a community sample of middle-aged individuals

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 501-504

  Cherbuin, Nicolas ^a   Anstey, Kaarin J ^a   Sachdev, Perminder S ^b,c   Maller, Jerome J ^d   Meslin, Chantal ^a   Mack, Holly A ^a   Wen, Wei ^b,c   Easteal, Simon ^e  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Biology and Environment   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amygdala; APOE; Cerebral atrophy; Hippocampus; MRI; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

ADULT; ALLELE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GRAY MATTER; HETEROZYGOTE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ATROPHY; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY;

AMYGDALA; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; ATROPHY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 47049087411     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/63.5.501     Document Type: Article

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