Where the brain grows old: Decline in anterior cingulate and medial prefrontal function with normal aging

NeuroImage

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1231-1237

  Pardo, José V ^a,b   Lee, Joel T ^a   Sheikh, Sohail A ^a,b   Surerus Johnson, Christa ^a   Shah, Hemant ^a   Munch, Kristin R ^b   Carlis, John V ^b   Lewis, Scott M ^a,b   Kuskowski, Michael A ^a,b   Dysken, Maurice W ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Anterior cingulate cortex; Attention; Brain metabolism; Mild cognitive impairment; Neurodegeneration; PET

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN METABOLISM; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS DORSOMEDIAL NUCLEUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 33947727499     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.12.044     Document Type: Article

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