Processing speed is correlated with cerebral health markers in the frontal lobes as quantified by neuroimaging

NeuroImage

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1190-1199

  Kochunov, P ^a   Coyle, T ^b   Lancaster, J ^a   Robin, D A ^a   Hardies, J ^a   Kochunov, V ^a   Bartzokis, G ^c   Stanley, J ^d   Royall, D ^e   Schlosser, A E ^a   Null, M ^a   Fox, P T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE; CREATINE PHOSPHATE; GLYCEROPHOSPHORYLCHOLINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; PHOSPHORYLCHOLINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUBICULUM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTEER; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANISOTROPY; ASPARTIC ACID; CHOLINE; COGNITION; CREATINE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORGAN SIZE; PHOSPHOCREATINE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70849116060     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.09.052     Document Type: Article

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