Brain aging in humans, chimpanzees (pan troglodytes), and rhesus macaques (macaca mulatta): Magnetic resonance imaging studies of macro- and microstructural changes

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2248-2260

  Chen, Xu ^a   Errangi, Bhargav ^b   Li, Longchuan ^b   Glasser, Matthew F ^c   Westlye, Lars T ^d,e   Fjell, Anders M ^d   Walhovd, Kristine B ^d   Hu, Xiaoping ^b   Herndon, James G ^a   Preuss, Todd M ^a   Rilling, James K ^a,f  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain aging; Chimpanzees; Comparative anatomy; Diffusion tensor imaging; Female; Humans; Magnetic resonance imaging; Non human primates; Rhesus macaques

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BRAIN AGING; BRAIN SIZE; CHIMPANZEE; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIFESPAN; MENTAL DETERIORATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL DIFFUSIVITY; RHESUS MONKEY; SPECIES COMPARISON; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN AGING; CHIMPANZEES; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NON-HUMAN PRIMATES; RHESUS MACAQUES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MACACA MULATTA; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PAN TROGLODYTES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879886446     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2013.03.028     Document Type: Article

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