More is less: Emotion induced prefrontal cortex activity habituates in aging

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1634-1650

  Roalf, David R ^a   Pruis, Trisha A ^a   Stevens, Alexander A ^a   Janowsky, Jeri S ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Amygdala; Emotion; FMRI; Habituation; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HABITUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AMYGDALA; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960145842     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2009.10.007     Document Type: Article

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