MRI- and MRS-derived hippocampal correlates of quantitative locomotor function in older adults

Brain Research

Volumn 1291, Issue , 2009, Pages 73-81

  Zimmerman, Molly E ^a   Lipton, Richard B ^a   Pan, Jullie W ^b   Hetherington, Hoby P ^b   Verghese, Joe ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Hippocampus; Locomotion; Memory; Motor processing; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASPARTIC ACID; CREATINE; FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORGAN SIZE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 69249205385     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.07.043     Document Type: Article

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