Language and the aging brain: Patterns of neural compensation revealed by functional brain imaging

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2830-2839

  Wingfield, Arthur ^a   Grossman, Murray ^b  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; APHASIA; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAMMAR; HEARING LOSS; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORY SYSTEM; SUPRASYLVIAN GYRUS; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NEURONS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 33751510199     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00628.2006     Document Type: Review

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