Research on aging using brain imaging and cognitive tests over 6 years in 145 healthy elderly subjects

Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 161-169

  Kada, Hirohide ^a  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Bentontest; Brain magnetic resonance imaging; Cognition test; Enhanced cued recall; Temporal lobe atrophy

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BENTON VISUAL RETENTION TEST; BRAIN AQUEDUCT; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN HEMOSIDEROSIS; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENHANCED CUED RECALL; FEMALE; HEMOSIDEROSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SYMBOLISM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 56849099617     PISSN: 13463500     EISSN: 14798301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8301.2008.00238.x     Document Type: Article

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