Age-related neural activity during allocentric spatial memory

Memory

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 125-143

  Antonova, Elena ^a   Parslow, D ^a   Brammer, M ^a   Dawson, G R ^b   Jackson, S H D ^a   Morris, R G ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MAZE TEST; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; THALAMUS; VIRTUAL REALITY; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60549116899     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658210802077348     Document Type: Article

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