Structural hippocampal network alterations during healthy aging: A multi-modal MRI study

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Pelletier, Amandine ^a,b   Periot, Olivier ^a,c   Dilharreguy, Bixente ^a   Hiba, Bassem ^d   Bordessoules, Martine ^a,c   Pérès, Karine ^e   Amieva, Hélène ^e   Dartigues, Jean François ^e   Allard, Michèle ^a,b,c   Catheline, Gwénaëlle ^a,b  

^a UMR 5287   (France)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d CNRS University Bordeaux Segalen   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Cingulum; DTI; Fornix; Healthy aging; Hippocampal atrophy; Limbic system; Mode of anisotropy

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN FORNIX; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN SIZE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84895829760     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2013.00084     Document Type: Article

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