Age-related changes in the neural correlates of motor performance

Brain

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 873-888

  Ward, N S ^a   Frackowiak, R S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Functional MRI; Hand grip; Motor system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBICULUM; TASK PERFORMANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0037378968     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awg071     Document Type: Article

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