Age differences in speed of processing are partially mediated by differences in axonal integrity

NeuroImage

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1287-1297

  Burgmans, S ^a,b   Gronenschild, E H B M ^a,b   Fandakova, Y ^c   Shing, Y L ^c   van Boxtel, M P J ^a,b   Vuurman, E F P M ^b   Uylings, H B M ^a,b,d   Jolles, J ^e   Raz, N ^f  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; DTI; MRI; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; RISK FACTOR; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TEMPORAL CORTEX; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AXONS; BRAIN; COGNITION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, STRUCTURAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952072395     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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