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Effects of ApoE-epsilon4 allele load and age on the rates of grey matter and hippocampal volumes loss in a longitudinal cohort of 1186 healthy elderly persons.
NeuroImage - 15 Nov 2010
Crivello Fabrice, Lemaître Hervé, Dufouil Carole, Grassiot Blandine, Delcroix Nicolas, Tzourio-Mazoyer Nathalie, Tzourio Christophe, Mazoyer Bernard
Abstract excerpt
In a sample of 1186 healthy subjects aged 65 to 89 years who were scanned twice with MRI 3.6 years apart, we studied the effects of age and ApoE-epsilon4 allele load on the rate of atrophy of grey matter and hippocampus. Rates of grey matter and hippocampal volumes loss were computed from T1-weighted magnetic resonance images using voxel-based morphometry and region of interest analysis. Longitudinal analysis...
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