Brain imaging and age-related changes in cognition

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 33, Issue 7-8, 1998, Pages 661-673

  Grady, Cheryl L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Frontal lobes; Human; Memory aging; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

AGING; ATTENTION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MEMORY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGING; BRAIN; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MEMORY;

EID: 0032417371     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0531-5565(98)00022-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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