Accelerated changes in white matter microstructure during aging: A longitudinal diffusion tensor imaging study

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 46, 2014, Pages 15425-15436

  Sexton, Claire E ^a   Walhovd, Kristine B ^b   Storsve, Andreas B ^b   Tamnes, Christian K ^b   Westlye, Lars T ^b,c   Johansen Berg, Heidi ^a   Fjell, Anders M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aging; DTI; Lifespan; Longitudinal; White matter

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; COGNITION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FRONTAL LOBE; GENDER; GEOLOGICAL TIME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIFESPAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANISOTROPY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84909979622     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0203-14.2014     Document Type: Article

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