The posterior parahippocampal gyrus is preferentially affected in age-related memory decline

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1572-1578

  Burgmans, S ^a   van Boxtel, M P J ^a   van den Berg, K E M ^a   Gronenschild, E H B M ^a   Jacobs, H I L ^a   Jolles, J ^a,c   Uylings, H B M ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Gray matter atrophy; Hippocampus; Human; MRI; MTL; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAL TEMPORAL LOBE; MEMORY DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; POSTERIOR PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AGED; ATROPHY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN MAPPING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 79960137073     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2009.09.008     Document Type: Article

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