In vivo MRI mapping of brain iron deposition across the adult lifespan

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 364-374

  Acosta Cabronero, Julio ^a   Betts, Matthew J ^a   Cardenas Blanco, Arturo ^a   Yang, Shan ^b   Nestor, Peter J ^a  

^a GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain iron; Magnetic susceptibility; Neurodegenerative diseases

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN IRON DEPOSITION; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE SUSCEPTIBILITY MAPPING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; AGED; AGING; BRAIN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; METABOLISM; SEX DIFFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84954350078     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1907-15.2016     Document Type: Article

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