Consistent neuroanatomical age-related volume differences across multiple samples

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 916-932

  Walhovd, Kristine B ^a,b   Westlye, Lars T ^a   Amlien, Inge ^a   Espeseth, Thomas ^a   Reinvang, Ivar ^a   Raz, Naftali ^c   Agartz, Ingrid ^a,d,e   Salat, David H ^f   Greve, Doug N ^f   Fischl, Bruce ^f,g   Dale, Anders M ^h   Fjell, Anders M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Amygdala; Basal ganglia; Cerebellum; Cortex; Hippocampus; MRI morphometry; Thalamus; Ventricles; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROANATOMY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; THALAMUS; TREND STUDY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954621630     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2009.05.013     Document Type: Article

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