Age-related changes in the mesial temporal lobe: The parahippocampal white matter region

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1168-1176

  Stoub, Travis R ^a   Barnes, Carol A ^b,c,d,e   Shah, Raj C ^a,f   Stebbins, Glenn T ^a   Ferrari, Carolyn ^a   deToledo Morrell, Leyla ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Entorhinal cortex; Hippocampus; Imaging; Memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MESIAL TEMPORAL LOBE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; ORGAN SIZE; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861189161     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2011.02.010     Document Type: Article

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