Reduced specificity of hippocampal and posterior ventrolateral prefrontal activity during relational retrieval in normal aging

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 159-170

  Giovanello, Kelly S ^a   Schacter, Daniel L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD RECOGNITION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AGING; COGNITION; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; WECHSLER SCALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81455136815     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00113     Document Type: Article

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