Superficial white matter as a novel substrate of age-related cognitive decline

A Nazeri, MM Chakravarty, TK Rajji, D Felsky… - Neurobiology of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Studies of diffusion tensor imaging have focused mainly on the role of deep white matter
tract microstructural abnormalities associated with aging and age-related cognitive decline …

[HTML][HTML] Age-related white matter microstructural differences partly mediate age-related decline in processing speed but not cognition

A Salami, J Eriksson, LG Nilsson, L Nyberg - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta …, 2012 - Elsevier
Aging is associated with declining cognitive performance as well as structural changes in
brain gray and white matter (WM). The WM deterioration contributes to a disconnection …

Age-related alterations in white matter microstructure measured by diffusion tensor imaging

DH Salat, DS Tuch, DN Greve, AJW Van Der Kouwe… - Neurobiology of …, 2005 - Elsevier
Cerebral white matter (WM) undergoes various degenerative changes with normal aging,
including decreases in myelin density and alterations in myelin structure. We acquired …

Assessing the effects of age on long white matter tracts using diffusion tensor tractography

SW Davis, NA Dennis, NG Buchler, LE White… - Neuroimage, 2009 - Elsevier
Aging is associated with significant white matter deterioration and this deterioration is
assumed to be at least partly a consequence of myelin degeneration. The present study …

Aging white matter and cognition: differential effects of regional variations in diffusion properties on memory, executive functions, and speed

KM Kennedy, N Raz - Neuropsychologia, 2009 - Elsevier
Disruption of cerebral white matter has been proposed as an explanation for age-related
cognitive declines. However, the role of specific regions in specific cognitive declines …

Age‐related changes in prefrontal white matter measured by diffusion tensor imaging

DH Salat, DS Tuch, ND Hevelone… - Annals of the New …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Age‐related degeneration of brain white matter (WM) has received a great deal of attention,
with recent studies demonstrating that such changes are correlated with cognitive decline …

White matter correlates of cognitive domains in normal aging with diffusion tensor imaging

E Sasson, GM Doniger, O Pasternak… - Frontiers in …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
The ability to perform complex as well as simple cognitive tasks engages a network of brain
regions that is mediated by the white matter fiber bundles connecting them. Different …

White matter damage on diffusion tensor imaging correlates with age-related cognitive decline

RA Charlton, TR Barrick, DJ McIntyre, Y Shen… - Neurology, 2006 - AAN Enterprises
Background: Damage to white matter tracts, resulting in “cerebral disconnection,” may
underlie age-related cognitive decline. Methods: Using diffusion tensor MRI (DTI) to …

[HTML][HTML] White matter degeneration in subjective cognitive decline: a diffusion tensor imaging study

X Li, Z Tang, Y Sun, J Tian, Z Liu, Y Han - Oncotarget, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Subjective cognitive decline (SCD) may be an at-risk stage of Alzheimer's disease (AD)
occurring prior to amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI). To examine white matter (WM) …

Selective effects of aging on brain white matter microstructure: a diffusion tensor imaging tractography study

S Michielse, N Coupland, R Camicioli, R Carter… - Neuroimage, 2010 - Elsevier
We examined age-related changes in the cerebral white matter. Structural magnetic
resonance images (MRIs) and diffusion tensor images (DTIs) were acquired from 69 healthy …