Stronger synaptic connectivity as a mechanism behind development of working memory-related brain activity during childhood

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 750-760

  Edin, Fredrik ^a,b   Macoveanu, Julian ^a   Olesen, Pernille ^a   Tegnér, Jesper ^a,c,d   Klingberg, Torkel ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c Stockholm Bioinformatics Center   (Sweden)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CELL MATURATION; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MYELINATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE NET; PARIETAL LOBE; REFERENCE VALUES; SYNAPSES;

EID: 34248398031     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2007.19.5.750     Document Type: Article

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