Microstructural changes and atrophy in brain white matter tracts with aging

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Sala, Stefania ^a   Agosta, Federica ^a   Pagani, Elisabetta ^a   Copetti, Massimiliano ^b   Comi, Giancarlo ^a   Filippi, Massimo ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; Atrophy; Diffusion tensor MRI; Tractography; White matter tracts

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN FORNIX; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; UNCINATE FASCICULUS; VOLUMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84855766401     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2010.04.027     Document Type: Article

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