Longitudinal evidence for functional specialization of the neural circuit supporting working memory in the human brain

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 33, 2010, Pages 11062-11067

  Finn, Amy S ^a   Sheridan, Margaret A ^b,c   Hudson Kam, Carla L ^a   Hinshaw, Stephen ^a   D'Esposito, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MATURATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 77955860738     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6266-09.2010     Document Type: Article

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