Effects of aging on the ventral and dorsal substantia nigra using diffusion tensor imaging

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 35-42

  Vaillancourt, David E ^a,b   Spraker, Matthew B ^b   Prodoehl, Janey ^a   Zhou, Xiaohong Joe ^a,b   Little, Deborah M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Biomarker; Diffusion tensor imaging; Fractional anisotropy; Human; Substantia nigra

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN REGION; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DORSAL SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED NUCLEUS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VENTRAL SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE DEGENERATION; RED NUCLEUS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81355150551     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2010.02.006     Document Type: Article

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