Associations between white matter microstructure and cognitive performance in old and very old age.

Increasing age is associated with deficits in a wide range of cognitive domains as well as with structural brain changes. Recent studies using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) have shown that microstructural integrity of white matter is associated with cognitive performance in elderly persons, especia...

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Main Authors: Erika J Laukka, Martin Lövdén, Grégoria Kalpouzos, Tie-Qiang Li, Tomas Jonsson, Lars-Olof Wahlund, Laura Fratiglioni, Lars Bäckman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3839877?pdf=render