Enlarged perivascular spaces are associated with cognitive function in healthy elderly men

Objectives: Increased white matter (WM) lesions on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are associated with worse cognitive function in older people. Enlarged perivascular spaces (EPVS) commonly coexist with and share some risk factors for WM lesions but are not quantified in published scales. It is not...

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Published in:	Journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry Vol. 75; no. 11; pp. 1519 - 1523
Main Authors:	MacLullich, A M J, Wardlaw, J M, Ferguson, K J, Starr, J M, Seckl, J R, Deary, I J
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 01.11.2004 BMJ Publishing Group LTD BMJ Group
Subjects:	Aged ageing Aging Aging - physiology Atrophy Basal Ganglia - pathology Brain Brain - pathology Cardiovascular disease Cerebral Arteries - pathology cognition Cognition - physiology Cognitive ability Diabetes enlarged perivascular spaces EPVS Hippocampus - pathology Humans Magnetic Resonance Imaging Male Medical imaging Memory MRI Multivariate Analysis NART National Adult Reading Test neuroimaging Neuropsychological Tests - statistics & numerical data NMR Nuclear magnetic resonance Older people Principal Component Analysis Psychometrics - statistics & numerical data Reference Values Statistics as Topic Studies Subarachnoid Space - pathology white matter white matter lesions
ISSN:	0022-3050, 1468-330X
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