The Declining Infrastructure of the Aging Brain

Brain Connectivity

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 279-293

  Salat, David H ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; Alzheimer's disease; diffusion tensor imaging; functional connectivity; hyperintensities; myelin; structural connectivity; white matter; white matter signal abnormalities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870492899     PISSN: 21580014     EISSN: 21580022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/brain.2011.0056     Document Type: Review

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