Cortico-striatal connectivity and cognition in normal aging: A combined DTI and resting state fMRI study

NeuroImage

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-31

  Ystad, Martin ^a   Hodneland, Erlend ^a   Adolfsdottir, Steinunn ^a   Haász, Judit ^a,c   Lundervold, Astri J ^a,b   Eichele, Tom ^a   Lundervold, Arvid ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognitive processing speed; DTI; Executive function; Resting state fMRI; Subcortical nuclei

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; REST; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE;

EID: 78951481638     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.11.016     Document Type: Article

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