Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 464-481 , March 2010

Quantitative fiber tracking of lateral and interhemispheric white matter systems in normal aging: Relations to timed performance

  • Edith V. Sullivan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine (MC5723), 401 Quarry Road, Stanford, CA 94305-5723, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 650 498 7328; fax: +1 650 859 2743.
    • ,
  • Torsten Rohlfing

      Affiliations

    • Neuroscience Program, SRI International, 333 Ravenswood Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States
    • ,
  • Adolf Pfefferbaum

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine (MC5723), 401 Quarry Road, Stanford, CA 94305-5723, United States
    • Neuroscience Program, SRI International, 333 Ravenswood Avenue, Menlo Park, CA 94025, United States

Received 12 January 2008 ,Revised 18 March 2008 ,Accepted 9 April 2008.

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