Variability in nucleus accumbens activity mediates age-related suboptimal financial risk taking

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1426-1434

  Samanez Larkin, Gregory R ^a   Kuhnen, Camelia M ^b   Yoo, Daniel J ^a,c   Knutson, Brian ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESPAN; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; MONEY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN MAPPING; DECISION MAKING; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REWARD; RISK-TAKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75349112997     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4902-09.2010     Document Type: Article

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