Superior longitudinal fasciculus and language functioning in healthy aging

Brain Research

Volumn 1562, Issue , 2014, Pages 11-22

  Madhavan, Kiely M ^a,c,e   McQueeny, Tim ^a   Howe, Steven R ^a   Shear, Paula ^a   Szaflarski, Jerzy ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c QLI   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; DTI; Language; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGED; AGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED ORAL WORD ASSOCIATION TEST; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEABODY PICTURE VOCABULARY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTIC FLUENCY TEST; SUPERIOR LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; TEST BOSTON NAMING TEST; WHITE MATTER; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; IMAGE PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TEST; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899451097     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2014.03.012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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