Cortical gyrification and its relationships with cortical volume, cortical thickness, and cognitive performance in healthy mid-life adults

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 287, Issue , 2015, Pages 331-339

  Gautam, Prapti ^a,b   Anstey, Kaarin J ^a   Wen, Wei ^c,d   Sachdev, Perminder S ^c,d   Cherbuin, Nicolas ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain structure function; Cortical folding; Frontal cortex; Neuroanatomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORTICAL GYRIFICATION; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORKING MEMORY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN CORTEX; INDIVIDUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84927926785     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2015.03.018     Document Type: Article

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