Interactive effects of vascular risk burden and advanced age on cerebral blood flow

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue JUL, 2014, Pages

  Bangen, Katherine J ^a,b   Nation, Daniel A ^c   Clark, Lindsay R ^d   Harmell, Alexandrea L ^d   Wierenga, Christina E ^a,b   Dev, Sheena I ^d   Delano Wood, Lisa ^a,b   Zlatar, Zvinka Z ^b   Salmon, David P ^e   Liu, Thomas T ^f   Bondi, Mark W ^a,b  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Arterial spin labeling; Cognition; Vascular risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANGULAR GYRUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SPIN LABELING; SUPRAMARGINAL GYRUS; UNCUS;

EID: 84904668328     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2014.00159     Document Type: Article

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