Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 200.e23-200.e31 , January 2012

Age-related effects on cortical thickness patterns of the Rhesus monkey brain

  • Bang-Bon Koo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
    • Center for Biomedical Imaging, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
    • ,
  • Steven P. Schettler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
    • ,
  • Donna E. Murray

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
    • ,
  • Jong-Min Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea
    • ,
  • Ronald J. Killiany

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
    • ,
  • Douglas L. Rosene

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
    • Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
    • ,
  • Dae-Shik Kim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
    • Center for Biomedical Imaging, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
    • Department of Electrical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South Korea
    • ,
  • Itamar Ronen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
    • Center for Biomedical Imaging, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
    • Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel.: +31 71 526 5479

Received 6 October 2009 ,Revised 2 July 2010 ,Accepted 11 July 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2010.07.010

Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 33, Issue 1 , Pages 200.e23-200.e31 , January 2012

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