The whole-brain N-acetylaspartate correlates with education in normal adults

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 49-54

  Glodzik, Lidia ^a   Wu, William E ^a   Babb, James S ^a   Achtnichts, Lutz ^b   Amann, Michael ^b   Sollberger, Marc ^b   Monsch, Andreas U ^b   Gass, Achim ^b   Gonen, Oded ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brain; Brain volume; Cognitive reserve; Education; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS); MR spectroscopy; N acetylaspartate

Indexed keywords

N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITIVE RESERVE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASPARTIC ACID; ATROPHY; BRAIN; COGNITIVE RESERVE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 84869758387     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2012.04.013     Document Type: Article

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