Age-related white matter degradation rule of normal human brain: The evidence from diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 532-537

  Zhang, Xiang ^a   Li, Bao Qing ^a   Shan, Bao Ci ^b  

^a Beijing Shijingshan Hospital ^*  (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Age related degradation; Diffusion tensor imaging; Fractional anisotropy; Statistical parametric mapping; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CAPSULA INTERNA; CORONA RADIATA (BRAIN); CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FRONTAL LOBE; HEMISPHERE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893042437     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.20123147     Document Type: Article

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