Gray matter alterations in early aging: A diffusion magnetic resonance imaging study

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 3841-3856

  Rathi, Y ^a   Pasternak, O ^a   Savadjiev, P ^a   Michailovich, O ^b   Bouix, S ^a   Kubicki, M ^a   Westin, C F ^a   Makris, N ^c   Shenton, M E ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Diffusion MRI; Free water; Gray matter

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROGENESIS; TISSUE STRUCTURE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; BRAIN; COHORT STUDIES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903993834     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22441     Document Type: Article

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