Lifespan trajectory of myelin integrity and maximum motor speed

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1554-1562

  Bartzokis, George ^a,b   Lu, Po H ^a   Tingus, Kathleen ^a   Mendez, Mario F ^a,b   Richard, Aurore ^a   Peters, Douglas G ^a   Oluwadara, Bolanle ^a   Barrall, Katherine A ^b   Finn, J Paul ^a   Villablanca, Pablo ^a   Thompson, Paul M ^a   Mintz, Jim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Age; Alzheimer; Breakdown; Cognition; Dementia; Frontal lobe; Motor; Neurodegeneration; Oligodendrocyte; Onset; Prevention; Processing speed; Risk; Treatment; White matter

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MYELIN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FINGER TAPPING SPEED; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MYELINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; RELAXATION TIME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLENIUM; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 77955013458     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2008.08.015     Document Type: Article

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