Diffusion tensor imaging of white matter tract evolution over the lifespan

NeuroImage

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 340-352

  Lebel, C ^a   Gee, M ^a   Camicioli, R ^a   Wieler, M ^a   Martin, W ^a   Beaulieu, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain; Diffusion tensor imaging; Neurodevelopment; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FORNIX; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CELL DENSITY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESPAN; MALE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MYELINATION; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; UNCINATE FASCICULUS; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857136384     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.11.094     Document Type: Article

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