Neural correlates of movement preparation in healthy ageing

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 254-260

  Sterr, Annette ^a   Dean, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Contingent negative variation; Electroencephalography; Event related laterality; Lateralised readiness potential; Movement preparation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CUES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; REACTION TIME;

EID: 37749007336     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05975.x     Document Type: Article

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