Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 33, Issue 5 , Pages 899-913 , May 2012

Changing topological patterns in normal aging using large-scale structural networks

  • Wanlin Zhu

      Affiliations

    • School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    • Neuropsychiatric Institute, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW, Australia
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  • Wei Wen

      Affiliations

    • School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    • Neuropsychiatric Institute, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 2 93823730; fax: +61 2 93823774
    • ,
  • Yong He

      Affiliations

    • State Key Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience and Learning, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
    • ,
  • Aihua Xia

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
    • ,
  • Kaarin J. Anstey

      Affiliations

    • Centre of Mental Health Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
    • ,
  • Perminder Sachdev

      Affiliations

    • School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    • Neuropsychiatric Institute, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW, Australia

Received 20 October 2009 ,Revised 22 June 2010 ,Accepted 29 June 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2010.06.022

Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 33, Issue 5 , Pages 899-913 , May 2012

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