Proper morphometry of degenerative changes in brain aging

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brain aging, morphometry, neuroscience.

Abstract

Introduction: A complex pattern of behavioral and cognitive changes characterizes the development of adults during aging. Knowledge of the biological roots of these changes is based on an understanding of age-related brain transformations.

Objective: To offer an overview to neuroscience and neuroimaging professionals about brain aging, its morph functional patterns and morphological changes in the brain, and will highlight the morphometric studies currently used to the detection and study of these structural changes.

Methods: The publications were reviewed, both in PubMed and in other data bases. The main text books referring to brain aging, neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and neuroradiology and brain morphometry were consulted.

Conclusions: that age is a factor that affects brain morphology and that the morphological changes that appear depend on factors such as the individual variability of individuals. Voxel-based morphometric studies are a useful tool to describe these differences, with signs of cerebral atrophy being observed to a greater or lesser degree as age advances.


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Author Biographies

Katherine Susana Hernández Cortés, Universidad de Ciencias Medicas de Santiago de Cuba

Especialista en Anatomía Humana.Máster en Medicina Bioenérgetica y Natural.

Adrián Mesa Pujals, Centro de Biofísica Médica.Santiago de Cuba.

Ingeniero en Ciencias Informáticas.

Arquímedes Montoya Pedrón, Hospital Docente Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso

Doctor en Ciencias Médicas.Especialista de 2 grado en NEUROFISIOLOGÃA.PROFESOR TITULAR.JEFE DEL SERVICIO DE NEUROFISIOLOGÃA.

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2023-10-15

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Hernández Cortés KS, Mesa Pujals A, Montoya Pedrón A. Proper morphometry of degenerative changes in brain aging. Rev Cubana Inv Bioméd [Internet]. 2023 Oct. 15 [cited 2025 Jul. 27];42(1). Available from: https://revibiomedica.sld.cu/index.php/ibi/article/view/891

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