Brain white matter integrity and cortisol in older men: THE Lothian Birth Cohort 1936

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 257-264

  Cox, Simon R ^a   Bastin, Mark E ^a,b   Ferguson, Karen J ^a   Maniega, Susana Muñoz ^a   MacPherson, Sarah E ^a   Deary, Ian J ^a   Wardlaw, Joanna M ^a,b   MacLullich, Alasdair M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Scottish Imaging Network: A Platform for Scientific Excellence (SINAPSE)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain structure; Cortisol; Glucocorticoid; Tractography; White matter

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

AGED; ARCUATE FASCICULUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; INFERIOR LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE TRACT; SALIVA LEVEL; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS; UNCINATE FASCICULUS; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER LESION; AGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; METABOLISM; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; SALIVA;

AGED; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; ORGAN SIZE; SALIVA; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84920608416     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2014.06.022     Document Type: Article

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