White matter hyperintensities alter functional organization of the motor system

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 197.e1-197.e9

  Linortner, Patricia ^a,b,c   Fazekas, Franz ^a   Schmidt, Reinhold ^a   Ropele, Stefan ^a   Pendl, Barbara ^a   Petrovic, Katja ^a   Loitfelder, Marisa ^a,c   Neuper, Christa ^b,c   Enzinger, Christian ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aging; FMRI; Motor system; Pre SMA; SMA; White matter hyperintensities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FINGER; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 81355139656     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2010.06.005     Document Type: Article

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