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@ARTICLE{Piepehoff:61191,
author = {Piepehoff, P. and Hömke, L. and Schneider, F. and Habel,
U. and Shah, J. N. and Zilles, K. and Amunts, K.},
title = {{D}eformation field morphometry reveals age-related
structural differences between the brains of adults up to 51
years},
journal = {The journal of neuroscience},
volume = {28},
issn = {0270-6474},
address = {Washington, DC},
publisher = {Soc.},
reportid = {PreJuSER-61191},
pages = {828 - 842},
year = {2008},
note = {Record converted from VDB: 12.11.2012},
abstract = {Age-related differences in the anatomical structure of the
brains from 51 healthy male subjects (age: 18-51 years) were
analyzed by deformation field morphometry in a
cross-sectional study. The magnetic resonance images of the
brains were nonlinearly registered onto the image of a
reference brain: the registration algorithm simulated an
elastic deformation of each brain (source brain) so that the
voxelwise intensity differences with the reference brain
were minimized. A three-dimensional deformation field was
calculated for each source brain that encoded the anatomical
differences between the source brain and the reference
brain. Maps of voxelwise volume differences between each
subject's brain and the reference brain were analyzed. They
showed age-related differences in anatomically defined
regions of interest. Major volume decreases were found in
the white matter and nuclei of the cerebellum, as well as in
the ventral thalamic nuclei and the somatosensory and motor
cortices, including the underlying white matter. These
findings suggest that aging between the second and sixth
decade predominantly affects subcortical nuclei and cortical
areas of the sensorimotor system, forming the
cortico-rubro-cerebello-thalamo-cortical pathway.
Additionally, a pronounced age-related decline in volume was
observed in the rostral anterior cingulate, orbitofrontal,
and lateral prefrontal cortices. Almost no differences were
observed in the occipital and temporal lobes. The ventricles
showed a pronounced widening. Remarkably, these volume
differences occur at a relatively early period of the human
life span. It may be speculated that these structural
differences accompany or precede differences in sensorimotor
functions and behavior.},
keywords = {Adolescent / Adult / Aging: pathology / Brain: pathology /
Cross-Sectional Studies / Humans / Magnetic Resonance
Imaging: methods / Male / Middle Aged / J (WoSType)},
cin = {INB-3 / JARA-BRAIN},
ddc = {590},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)INB-3-20090406 / $I:(DE-82)080010_20140620$},
pnm = {Funktion und Dysfunktion des Nervensystems},
pid = {G:(DE-Juel1)FUEK409},
shelfmark = {Neurosciences},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:18216191},
UT = {WOS:000252777900006},
doi = {10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3732-07.2008},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/61191},
}