A systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal hippocampal atrophy in healthy human ageing

NeuroImage

Volumn 112, Issue , 2015, Pages 364-374

  Fraser, Mark A ^a   Shaw, Marnie E ^a   Cherbuin, Nicolas ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Controls; Epidemiology; Hippocampus; Longitudinal; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATROPHY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATROPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937758572     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.03.035     Document Type: Review

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