Fractional anisotropy of cerebral white matter and thickness of cortical gray matter across the lifespan

NeuroImage

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-49

  Kochunov, P ^a,b,c   Glahn, D C ^b,d,e   Lancaster, J ^b   Thompson, P M ^f   Kochunov, V ^b   Rogers, B ^b   Fox, P ^b   Blangero, J ^c   Williamson, D E ^b,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Olin Neuropsychiatric Research Center   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL DENSITY; CHILD; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GLIA CELL; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIFESPAN; MALE; MYELINATION; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; THICKNESS; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960648295     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.05.050     Document Type: Article

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