Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 482-493 , March 2010

Diffusion tensor imaging of deep gray matter brain structures: Effects of age and iron concentration

  • Adolf Pfefferbaum

      Affiliations

    • Neuroscience Program, SRI International, United States
    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, United States
    • ,
  • Elfar Adalsteinsson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, United States
    • Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences & Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States
    • ,
  • Torsten Rohlfing

      Affiliations

    • Neuroscience Program, SRI International, United States
    • ,
  • Edith V. Sullivan

      Affiliations

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

Received 31 October 2007 ,Revised 12 April 2008 ,Accepted 16 April 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2008.04.013

Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 482-493 , March 2010

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