Reduced resting-state brain activity in the "default network" in normal aging

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1856-1864

  Damoiseaux, J S ^a   Beckmann, C F ^b   Arigita, E J Sanz ^a   Barkhof, F ^a   Scheltens, Ph ^a   Stam, C J ^a   Smith, S M ^b   Rombouts, S A R B ^a,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Default mode network; fMRI; ICA; Intrinsic brain activity; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; REST;

EID: 47649085305     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhm207     Document Type: Article

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