Dissecting the effect of aging on the neural substrates of memory: Deterioration, preservation or functional reorganization?

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 167-181

  Della Maggiore, Valeria ^a   Grady, Cheryl L ^a   McIntosh, Anthony R ^a  

^a ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Animal; Electrophysiology; Human; Memory; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0036380845     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVNEURO.2002.13.2.167     Document Type: Review

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