Effects of sex and normal aging on regional brain activation during verbal memory performance

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 826-838

  Hazlett, Erin A ^a   Byne, William ^a   Brickman, Adam M ^a,b   Mitsis, Effie M ^a   Newmark, Randall ^a   Haznedar, M Mehmet ^a   Knatz, Danielle T ^a   Chen, Amy D ^a   Buchsbaum, Monte S ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

18FDG PET; Aging; Cingulate; Healthy adults; Prefrontal cortex; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SERIAL LEARNING; SEX FACTORS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77950545491     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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