Working memory performance and thalamus microstructure in healthy subjects

Neuroscience

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 496-505

  Piras, F ^a   Caltagirone, C ^a,b   Spalletta, G ^a  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cognition; Diffusion tensor imaging; Mean diffusivity; Thalamus; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; THALAMUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBRAL VENTRICLES; COGNITION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THALAMUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149279782     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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