Brain volumetric changes and cognitive ageing during the eighth decade of life

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 4910-4925

  Ritchie, Stuart J ^a   Dickie, David Alexander ^a,b,c   Cox, Simon R ^a   Valdes Hernandez, Maria del C ^a,b,c   Corley, Janie ^a   Royle, Natalie A ^a,b,c   Pattie, Alison ^a   Aribisala, Benjamin S ^a,b,c,d   Redmond, Paul ^a   Muñoz Maniega, Susana ^a,b,c   Taylor, Adele M ^a   Sibbett, Ruth ^a   Gow, Alan J ^a,e   Starr, John M ^a   Bastin, Mark E ^a,b,c   Wardlaw, Joanna M ^a,b,c   Deary, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SINAPSE (Scottish Imaging Network A Platform for Scientific Excellence) Collaboration   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^e HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age related cognitive decline; Brain volume; Longitudinal study; Structural MRI; White matter hyperintensities

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; COGNITION; COGNITIVE AGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BRAIN; COGNITION; COGNITIVE AGING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84956584201     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22959     Document Type: Article

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