Aging in deep gray matter and white matter revealed by diffusional kurtosis imaging

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2203-2216

  Gong, Nan Jie ^a   Wong, Chun Sing ^a   Chan, Chun Chung ^b   Leung, Lam Ming ^b   Chu, Yiu Ching ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Age; Alzheimer's disease; Diffusion tensor imaging; Diffusional kurtosis imaging; Gray matter; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN FORNIX; CAPSULA INTERNA; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEMYELINATION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSIONAL KURTOSIS IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; RED NUCLEUS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; THALAMUS; VERY ELDERLY; WHITE MATTER; COGNITION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84903762652     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2014.03.011     Document Type: Article

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