Changes in the Macrostructure and Microstructure of the Ageing Brain

Principles and Practice of Geriatric Psychiatry: Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 15-27

  Zahr, Natalie M ^a   Pfefferbaum, Adolf ^b   Sullivan, Edith V ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; In vivo; Iron; Longitudinal; Magnetic resonance imaging; Quantitative fiber tracking; White matter hyperintensities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885783718     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470669600.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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