Age effects and sex differences in human brain white matter of young to middle-aged adults: A DTI, NODDI, and q-space study

NeuroImage

Volumn 128, Issue , 2016, Pages 180-192

  Kodiweera, Chandana ^a   Alexander, Andrew L ^b,c   Harezlak, Jaroslaw ^d   McAllister, Thomas W ^e   Wu, Yu Chien ^e  

^a Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Axonal density; Diffusion tensor; Fractional anisotropy; Intra cellular volume fraction; NODDI; Orientation dispersion index; Sex; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FORNIX; CINGULUM (BRAIN); COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NEURITE ORIENTATION DISPERSION AND DENSITY IMAGING; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRIA TERMINALIS; UNCINATE FASCICULUS; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960847712     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2015.12.033     Document Type: Article

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