Age-related reorganization of functional networks for successful conflict resolution: A combined functional and structural MRI study

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2075-2090

  Schulte, Tilman ^a   Müller Oehring, Eva M ^a,b   Chanraud, Sandra ^a,b   Rosenbloom, Margaret J ^a,b   Pfefferbaum, Adolf ^a,b   Sullivan, Edith V ^b  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Functional MRI; Functional reorganization; Perceptual cueing; Stroop; Structural MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERROR; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; STROOP TEST; STRUCTURAL NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORGAN SIZE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 80052616184     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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