Aging does not affect gray matter asymmetry

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Smeets, Floortje ^a,b   Vuurman, Eric F P M ^a,b   van Boxtel, Martin P J ^a,b   Burgmans, Saartje ^a,b   Gronenschild, Ed H B M ^a,b   Uylings, Harry B M ^a,b,c   Jolles, Jelle ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b European Graduate School of Neuroscience   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Cortical asymmetry; Prefrontal; Temporal; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL CORTEX; AGE; ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATROPHY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77957253950     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017849     Document Type: Article

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