Lower digit symbol substitution score in the oldest old is related to magnetization transfer and diffusion tensor imaging of the white matter

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue SEP, 2011, Pages 1-8

  Venkatraman, Vijay K ^a   Aizenstein, Howard J ^a,b   Newman, Anne B ^c   Yaffe, Kristine ^d   Harris, Tamara ^e   Kritchevsky, Stephen ^f   Ayonayon, Hilsa N ^d   Rosano, Caterina ^c  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Digit symbol substitution score; Magnetization transfer; Oldest old; White matter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859732230     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2011.00011     Document Type: Article

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