Differentiating maturational and aging-related changes of the cerebral cortex by use of thickness and signal intensity

NeuroImage

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 172-185

  Westlye, Lars T ^a   Walhovd, Kristine B ^a   Dale, Anders M ^b   Bjørnerud, Atle ^a,c   Due Tønnessen, Paulina ^c   Engvig, Andreas ^a   Grydeland, Håkon ^a   Tamnes, Christian K ^a   Østby, Ylva ^a   Fjell, Anders M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aging; Cerebral cortex; Cortical thickness; MRI T1 weighted signal intensity; Neurodevelopment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN THICKNESS; CHILD; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL CORTEX; WHITE MATTER; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; MYELINATED NERVE; NONMYELINATED NERVE; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED; ORGAN SIZE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953286989     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.03.056     Document Type: Article

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