[The value of the MRI in defining the morfology of cerebral aging]

Renata Conforti; Raffaella Capasso; Simona Bonavita; Teresa Califano; Antonio Russo; Melchiore Giganti; Alessandro Tessitore

doi:10.1701/1315.14567

[The value of the MRI in defining the morfology of cerebral aging]

Recenti Prog Med. 2013 Jul-Aug;104(7-8):314-7. doi: 10.1701/1315.14567.

[Article in Italian]

Authors

Renata Conforti, Raffaella Capasso, Simona Bonavita, Teresa Califano, Antonio Russo, Melchiore Giganti, Alessandro Tessitore

PMID: 24042399
DOI: 10.1701/1315.14567

Abstract

White matter changes are one of the several aging brain alterations. Actually, magnetic resonance imaging is the best diagnostic tool in investigation and monitoring these lesions that determine some common clinical manifestations in the elderly population.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Aging / pathology*
Brain / diagnostic imaging
Brain / pathology*
Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods*
Myelin Sheath / pathology
Neuroimaging / methods*
Organ Size
Stroke, Lacunar / pathology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods