Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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330329 | Neurobiology of Aging | 2009 | 12 Pages |
Regions of diffuse periventricular white matter hyperintensities (PVWMH) are a common finding on T2-weighted MRI scans of older subjects, but their aetiology remains unclear. The aim of this study was to characterize differences in water diffusion and magnetization transfer MRI parameters between macroscopically normal-appearing white matter (NAWM) and PVWMH in a cohort of normal older subjects. Forty-two non-demented 83-year olds underwent structural, diffusion tensor and magnetization transfer MRI. Mean diffusivity (