Brain age predicts mortality

J H Cole; S J Ritchie; M E Bastin; M C Valdés Hernández; S Muñoz Maniega; N Royle; J Corley; A Pattie; S E Harris; Q Zhang; N R Wray; P Redmond; R E Marioni; J M Starr; S R Cox; J M Wardlaw; D J Sharp; I J Deary

doi:10.1038/mp.2017.62

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Brain age predicts mortality

J H Cole S J Ritchie M E Bastin M C Valdés Hernández S Muñoz Maniega N Royle J Corley A Pattie S E Harris Q Zhang N R Wray P Redmond R E Marioni J M Starr S R Cox J M Wardlaw D J Sharp I J Deary

Molecular Psychiatry Vol. 23 No. 5 pp. 1385-1392 · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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J H Cole, S J Ritchie, M E Bastin, et al. (2017). Brain age predicts mortality. Molecular Psychiatry, 23(5), 1385-1392. https://doi.org/10.1038/mp.2017.62

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