Structural MRI in normal aging and Alzheimer's disease: White and black spots

Neurodegenerative Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 1-4, 2012, Pages 253-256

  Cavalieri, Margherita ^a   Schmidt, Helena ^a   Schmidt, Reinhold ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Brain MRI; Microbleeds; Normal aging; White matter changes

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MICROBLEED; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER CHANGE;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED;

EID: 84860213985     PISSN: 16602854     EISSN: 16602862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000333120     Document Type: Article

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