Associations between T1 white matter lesion volume and regional white matter microstructure in aging

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1085-1100

  Leritz, Elizabeth C ^a,b,c,d   Shepel, Juli ^a,b,d   Williams, Victoria J ^a,b,d   Lipsitz, Lewis A ^e   Mcglinchey, Regina E ^a,b,c   Milberg, William P ^a,b,c   Salat, David H ^a,c,d  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Diffusion tensor imaging; White matter lesions; White matter microstructure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; DEVICES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELINATED NERVE; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED;

EID: 84893764565     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22236     Document Type: Article

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