Structural correlates of cognitive domains in normal aging with diffusion tensor imaging

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 217, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 503-515

  Sasson, Efrat ^a   Doniger, Glen M ^b   Pasternak, Ofer ^c   Tarrasch, Ricardo ^a   Assaf, Yaniv ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NeuroTrax Corporation   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Diffusion tensor imaging; Executive function; Information processing speed; Magnetic resonance imaging; Memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS; MEMORY; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MORPHOLOGY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; VELOCITY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN; COGNITION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS;

RADIATA;

EID: 84862144375     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-011-0344-7     Document Type: Article

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