Cholinergic modulation of visual working memory during aging: A parametric PET study

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 322-332

  Ricciardi, Emiliano ^a,b   Pietrini, Pietro ^a   Schapiro, Mark B ^c   Rapoport, Stanley I ^d   Furey, Maura L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b University Studies and Doctoral Research   (Italy)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cholinergic modulation; PET; Physostigmine; Visual cortex; Working memory

Indexed keywords

PHYSOSTIGMINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHYSOSTIGMINE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REACTION TIME;

EID: 67349231167     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2009.01.013     Document Type: Article

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