Association between cerebellar gray matter volumes, gait speed, and information-processing ability in older adults enrolled in the health ABC study

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 996-1003

  Nadkarni, Neelesh K ^a   Nunley, Karen A ^b   Aizenstein, Howard ^a   Harris, Tamara B ^c   Yaffe, Kristine ^d   Satterfield, Suzanne ^e   Newman, Anne B ^b   Rosano, Caterina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain aging; Cognition; Gait; Imaging

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN AGING; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING.; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; VERY ELDERLY;

BRAIN AGING; COGNITION; GAIT; IMAGING.;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRUM; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84903975477     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glt151     Document Type: Article

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