Diffusion tensor imaging detects age related white matter change over a 2 year follow-up which is associated with working memory decline

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-19

  Charlton, R A ^a   Schiavone, F ^a   Barrick, T R ^a   Morris, R G ^b   Markus, H S ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WHITE MATTER; WORKING MEMORY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 73449083398     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2008.167288     Document Type: Article

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