Human neuroscience and the aging mind: A new look at old problems

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 65 B, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 405-415

  Reuter Lorenz, Patricia A ^a   Park, Denise C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognitive Neuroscience; Imaging; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; COGNITION; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROSCIENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RECALL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BRAIN; COGNITION; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROSCIENCES; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77953628570     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbq035     Document Type: Article

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