Reduced white matter integrity is related to cognitive instability

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 49, 2011, Pages 18060-18072

  Fjell, Anders M ^a   Westlye, Lars T ^a   Amlien, Inge K ^a   Walhovd, Kristine B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83055169166     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4735-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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