Altered function of ventral striatum during reward-based decision making in old age

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue OCT, 2009, Pages

  Mell, Thomas ^a,b   Wartenburger, Isabell ^c,d   Marschner, Alexander ^a   Villringer, Arno ^d,e   Reischies, Friedel M ^b   Heekeren, Hauke R ^a,d,e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Decision making; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; FMRI; Reward association learning; Ventral striatum

Indexed keywords

EID: 75349107480     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.09.034.2009     Document Type: Article

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