Diffusion tensor and magnetization transfer MRI measurements of periventricular white matter hyperintensities in old age

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 125-136

  Bastin, Mark E ^a   Clayden, Jonathan D ^a   Pattie, Alison ^b   Gerrish, Iona F ^c   Wardlaw, Joanna M ^c   Deary, Ian J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetization transfer; Water diffusion tensor; White matter

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENESCENCE; VASCULAR DISEASE; WHITE MATTER;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED;

EID: 56049117967     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2007.05.013     Document Type: Article

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