Instability in the latency of P3a/P3b brain potentials and cognitive function in aging

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2065-2079

  Fjell, Anders M ^a,b   Rosquist, Hannah ^a   Walhovd, Kristine B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cognition; ERP; Executive function; Latency jitter; P3a; P3b

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; BRAIN; COGNITION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349880893     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2008.01.015     Document Type: Article

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