Brain white matter structure and information processing speed in healthy older age

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 221, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 3223-3235

  Kuznetsova, Ksenia A ^a   Maniega, Susana Muñoz ^a,b   Ritchie, Stuart J ^a   Cox, Simon R ^a   Storkey, Amos J ^a   Starr, John M ^a   Wardlaw, Joanna M ^a,b   Deary, Ian J ^a   Bastin, Mark E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Scottish Imaging Network   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Diffusion MRI; Information processing speed; White matter structure

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION PROCESSING SPEED,; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; WECHSLER ADULT INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WHITE MATTER; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN; COGNITION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; AGING; BRAIN; COGNITION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84938792996     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-015-1097-5     Document Type: Article

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