Mixed handedness is associated with greater age-related decline in volumes of the hippocampus and amygdala: The PATH through life study

Brain and Behavior

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-134

  Cherbuin, Nicolas ^a   Sachdev, Perminder S ^b   Anstey, Kaarin J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Hippocampus; Laterality; Longitudinal; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HANDEDNESS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEFT HANDEDNESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED HANDEDNESS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HANDEDNESS;

EID: 84866074586     PISSN: 21623279     EISSN: 21579032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/brb3.24     Document Type: Article

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