Aging effects on the control of grip force magnitude: An fMRI study

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 453-461

  Noble, Jeremy W ^a,b   Eng, Janice J ^a,b   Kokotilo, Kristen J ^a,b   Boyd, Lara A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b GF STRONG REHABILITATION CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; FMRI; Force control; Motor control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; SUBCORTEX; THALAMUS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE CONTRACTION;

EID: 79955606156     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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