Brain structural change and gait decline: A longitudinal population-based study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1074-1079

  Callisaya, Michele L ^a,b   Beare, Richard ^a,c   Phan, Thanh G ^a   Blizzard, Leigh ^b   Thrift, Amanda G ^a,d   Chen, Jian ^a   Srikanth, Velandai K ^a,b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

aging; brain structure; gait

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN SIZE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT DISORDER; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; WALKING SPEED; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER LESION;

AGING; BRAIN STRUCTURE; GAIT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATROPHY; BRAIN; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84880268095     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12331     Document Type: Article

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