Life-span changes of the human brain white matter: Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and volumetry

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2055-2068

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

aging; development; DTI; FA; MRI; white matter microstructure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; DETERIORATION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATURATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SENESCENCE; VOLUMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955549592     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhp280     Document Type: Article

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