Caudate nucleus hypointensity in the elderly is associated with markers of neurodegeneration on MRI

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1839-1846

  van Es, Adriaan C G M ^a   van der Grond, Jeroen ^a   de Craen, Anton J M ^a   Admiraal Behloul, Faiza ^a   Blauw, Gerard J ^a   van Buchem, Mark A ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; MRI; Neurodegeneration

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DEGENERATION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 53849126512     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2007.05.008     Document Type: Article

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