Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 368-377 , March 2010

Evidence of neurodegeneration in brains of older adults who do not yet fulfill MCI criteria

  • L.L. Chao

      Affiliations

    • Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases, San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
    • Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: 4150 Clement Street, 114M, San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA. Tel.: +1 415 221 4810x4386; fax: +1 415 668 2864.
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  • S.G. Mueller

      Affiliations

    • Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases, San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
    • Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
    • ,
  • S.T. Buckley

      Affiliations

    • Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases, San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
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  • K. Peek

      Affiliations

    • Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases, San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
    • ,
  • S. Raptentsetseng

      Affiliations

    • Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases, San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
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  • J. Elman

      Affiliations

    • Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases, San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
    • ,
  • K. Yaffe

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
    • Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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  • B.L. Miller

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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  • J.H. Kramer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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  • C. Madison

      Affiliations

    • California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94120-7999, USA
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  • D. Mungas

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, University of California, Davis, CA 95817, USA
    • ,
  • N. Schuff

      Affiliations

    • Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases, San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
    • Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
    • ,
  • M.W. Weiner

      Affiliations

    • Center for Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases, San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
    • Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
    • Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA

Received 12 November 2007 ,Revised 25 April 2008 ,Accepted 1 May 2008.

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Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 368-377 , March 2010

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