MAGNETIC-RESONANCE-IMAGING EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTS OF AGING ON GRAY-WHITE RATIO IN THE HUMAN BRAIN

被引:23
作者
HARRIS, GJ [1 ]
SCHLAEPFER, TE [1 ]
PENG, LW [1 ]
LEE, S [1 ]
FEDERMAN, EB [1 ]
PEARLSON, GD [1 ]
机构
[1] JOHNS HOPKINS MED INST,DEPT PSYCHIAT,DIV PSYCHIAT NEUROIMAGING,BALTIMORE,MD 21205
关键词
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; AGING; BRAIN; GRAY MATTER; WHITE MATTER;
D O I
10.1111/j.1365-2990.1994.tb00971.x
中图分类号
R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
学科分类号
摘要
A previous neuropathological report noted a non-linear pattern of change in cerebral grey-white matter ratio during ageing. In that report, grey-white ratio decreased from age 20 to age 50, then increased in elderly subjects. The objective of the current study was to attempt to replicate this pattern of age-related change in the grey-white ratio in living human subjects using quantitative magnetic resonance imaging segmentation analysis. We measured the grey-white ratio in 78 subjects between the ages of 19 and 77 years, using a computer segmentation algorithm with magnetic resonance images. In agreement with the previous neuropathological report, the current in vivo magnetic resonance study found that the grey-white ratio declined from age 20 to age 50, then increased in elderly subjects.
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