Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 719-726 , May 2007

Measurement of hippocampal subfields and age-related changes with high resolution MRI at 4T

Received 20 October 2005 ,Revised 13 February 2006 ,Accepted 9 March 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2006.03.007

Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 719-726 , May 2007

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