Frontotemporal connections in episodic memory and aging: A diffusion MRI tractography study

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 37, 2011, Pages 13236-13245

  Metzler Baddeley, Claudia ^a   Jones, Derek K ^a   Belaroussi, Boubakeur ^b   Aggleton, John P ^a   O'Sullivan, Michael J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BioClinica Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN FORNIX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; UNCINATE FASCICULUS; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANISOTROPY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FORNIX, BRAIN; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 80052942847     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2317-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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