No volume difference of medulla oblongata between young and old Korean people

Brain Research

Volumn 1276, Issue , 2009, Pages 77-82

  Lee, Nam Joon ^a   Park, In Sung ^a,b   Koh, InSong ^c   Jung, Tae Wan ^b   Rhyu, Im Joo ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain volume; Gender; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH KOREA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KOREA; LATERAL VENTRICLES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGAN SIZE; PONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349260688     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.04.027     Document Type: Article

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