Pattern of normal age-related regional differences in white matter microstructure is modified by vascular risk

Brain Research

Volumn 1297, Issue , 2009, Pages 41-56

  Kennedy, Kristen M ^a   Raz, Naftali ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Aging; Blood pressure; Brain; Diffusion tensor imaging; Hypertension; MRI; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANISOTROPY; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN REGION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71749116405     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2009.08.058     Document Type: Article

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