Regional cerebellar volume and cognitive function from adolescence to late middle age

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1102-1120

  Bernard, Jessica A ^a   Leopold, Daniel R ^a   Calhoun, Vince D ^b,c   Mittal, Vijay A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b MIND RESEARCH NETWORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Aging; Cerebellum; Cognition; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CHILD; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGING; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; CEREBELLUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; MENTAL FUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922805985     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22690     Document Type: Article

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