Age-related cognitive deficits mediated by changes in the striatal dopamine system

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 635-637

  Bäckman, Lars ^a   Ginovart, Nathalie ^b   Dixon, Roger A ^b   Wahlin, Tarja Brita Robins ^b   Wahlin, Åke ^b   Halldin, Christer ^b   Farde, Lars ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COGNITION DISORDERS; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE; HUMANS;

EID: 0343618595     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.157.4.635     Document Type: Article

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