White matter changes compromise prefrontal cortex function in healthy elderly individuals

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 418-429

  Nordahl, Christine Wu ^a   Ranganath, Charan ^a   Yonelinas, Andrew P ^a   DeCarli, Charles ^a   Fletcher, Evan ^a   Jagust, William J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 33645766176     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2006.18.3.418     Document Type: Article

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