Prefrontal deficits in attention and inhibitory control with aging

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-69

  Chao, L L ^a   Knight, R T ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 0031048455     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/7.1.63     Document Type: Article

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