Age-related alterations in the modular organization of structural cortical network by using cortical thickness from MRI

NeuroImage

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 235-245

  Chen, Zhang J ^a   He, Yong ^b   Rosa Neto, Pedro ^c   Gong, Gaolang ^a   Evans, Alan C ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953061578     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.01.010     Document Type: Article

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