Longitudinal assessment of global and regional rate of grey matter atrophy in 1,172 healthy older adults: Modulation by sex and age

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Crivello, Fabrice ^a,b,c   Tzourio Mazoyer, Nathalie ^a,b,c   Tzourio, Christophe ^a   Mazoyer, Bernard ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b Groupe d'Imagerie Neurofonctionnelle   (France)

^c DIF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENDER; GREY MATTER ATROPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE OCCIPITAL GYRUS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL CORTEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VERY ELDERLY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ATROPHY; GRAY MATTER; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATROPHY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84939273506     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114478     Document Type: Article

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