Functional magnetic resonance imaging reveals age-related alterations to motor networks in weighted elbow flexion-extension movement

Neurological Research

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 995-1001

  Kim, Joo Hyun ^a   Lee, Yang Soo ^b   Lee, Jae Jun ^a   Song, Hui Jin ^a   Yoo, Done Sik ^c   Lee, Hui Joong ^d   Kim, Hye Jung ^d   Chang, Yongmin ^a,b,d  

^a Department of Medical and Biological Engineering ^*  (Australia)

^b Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

^d Kyungpook National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain; fMRI; Force; Motor system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FLEXION; FORCE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; ELBOW; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; OXYGEN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957580765     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164110X12670144737693     Document Type: Article

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