Sex-related and tissue-specific effects of tobacco smoking on brain atrophy: assessment in a large longitudinal cohort of healthy elderly

Sex-related and tissue-specific effects of tobacco smoking on brain atrophy: assessment in a large longitudinal cohort of healthy elderly

We investigated the cross-sectional and longitudinal effects of tobacco smoking on brain atrophy in a large cohort of healthy elderly participants (65 to 80 years). MRI was used for measuring whole brain (WB), gray matter (GM), white matter (WM), and hippocampus (HIP) volumes at study entry time (ba...

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Main Authors: Quentin eDuriez, Fabrice eCrivello, Bernard Marie Mazoyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
Subjects:
Aging
Hippocampus
Tobacco
MRI
white matter
Sex
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnagi.2014.00299/full

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