The structure of the cerebral cortex across adult life: Age-related patterns of surface area, thickness, and gyrification

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2521-2530

  Hogstrom, Larson J ^a   Westlye, Lars T ^a   Walhovd, Kristine B ^a   Fjell, Anders M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

aging; cortical thickness; gray matter; magnetic resonance imaging morphometry; neurodevelopment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANGULAR GYRUS; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BRAIN CORTEX; CORTICAL AREALIZATION; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); DORSOMEDIAL PREFRONTAL; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HUMAN; LATERAL ORBITOFRONTAL CORTEX; LOCAL GYRIFICATION INDEX; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER;

AGING; CORTICAL THICKNESS; GRAY MATTER; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING MORPHOMETRY; NEURODEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885918752     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhs231     Document Type: Article

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