Relationship between regional brain volumes and cognitive performance in the healthy aging: An MRI study using voxel-based morphometry

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-58

  Squarzoni, Paula ^a   Tamashiro Duran, Jaqueline ^a   Souza Duran, Fabio Luiz ^a   Santos, Luciana Cristina ^a   Vallada, Homero Pinto ^a   Menezes, Paulo Rossi ^a   Scazufca, Marcia ^a   Filho, Geraldo Busatto ^a   Alves, Tania Correa Toledo De Ferraz ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b ABC Region Medical School   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cognitive decline; healthy aging; structural MRI; voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; APOLIPOPROTEIN E2; APOLIPOPROTEIN E3; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; BENZODIAZEPINE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HORMONE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBITAL CORTEX; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PERFORMANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

EID: 84863956683     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2012-111124     Document Type: Article

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