Structural brain complexity and cognitive decline in late life - A longitudinal study in the Aberdeen 1936 Birth Cohort

NeuroImage

Volumn 100, Issue , 2014, Pages 558-563

  Sandu, Anca Larisa ^a   Staff, Roger T ^a,b   McNeil, Chris J ^a   Mustafa, Nazahah ^a   Ahearn, Trevor ^b   Whalley, Lawrence J ^a   Murray, Alison D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS GRAMPIAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain magnetic resonance imaging; Cognition; Cortical complexity; Fractal dimension; White matter

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; CHILDHOOD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; WHITE MATTER; AGING; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN; COGNITION; FEMALE; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; AGING; BRAIN; COGNITION; FEMALE; FRACTALS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84904402734     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2014.06.054     Document Type: Article

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