Quantitative and qualitative measures of hippocampal atrophy are not correlated in healthy older men

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 157-162

  Ferguson, Karen J ^a   Wardlaw, Joanna M ^a   MacLullich, Alasdair M J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain; Hippocampal atrophy; Hippocampal volume; MRI; Visual rating

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; COMMUNITY LIVING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; AGING; ATROPHY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGED; AGING; ATROPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77950598322     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2009.00368.x     Document Type: Article

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