Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 33, Issue 3 , Pages 617.e1-617.e9 , March 2012

Normal age-related brain morphometric changes: nonuniformity across cortical thickness, surface area and gray matter volume?

  • Herve Lemaitre

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Brain Disorder branch, Gene Cognition and Psychosis program, NIH/NIMH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    • U1000 Research Unit Neuroimaging and Psychiatry, INSERM-CEA-Faculté de Médecine Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
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  • Aaron L. Goldman

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Brain Disorder branch, Gene Cognition and Psychosis program, NIH/NIMH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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  • Fabio Sambataro

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Brain Disorder branch, Gene Cognition and Psychosis program, NIH/NIMH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    • Brain Center of Motor and Social Cognition, Italian Institute of Technology, Parma, Italy
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  • Beth A. Verchinski

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Brain Disorder branch, Gene Cognition and Psychosis program, NIH/NIMH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    • ,
  • Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Brain Disorder branch, Gene Cognition and Psychosis program, NIH/NIMH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany
    • ,
  • Daniel R. Weinberger

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Brain Disorder branch, Gene Cognition and Psychosis program, NIH/NIMH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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  • Venkata S. Mattay

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Brain Disorder branch, Gene Cognition and Psychosis program, NIH/NIMH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1-301 435 4594; fax: +1-301 480 7795

Received 29 April 2010 ,Revised 12 July 2010 ,Accepted 16 July 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2010.07.013

Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 33, Issue 3 , Pages 617.e1-617.e9 , March 2012

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