Cortical thickness changes following spatial navigation training in adulthood and aging

NeuroImage

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 3389-3397

  Wenger, Elisabeth ^a   Schaefer, Sabine ^a   Noack, Hannes ^a   Kühn, Simone ^b,c   Mårtensson, Johan ^d   Heinze, Hans Jochen ^e,f   Düzel, Emrah ^e,f,g   Bäckman, Lars ^h   Lindenberger, Ulman ^a   Lövdén, Martin ^a,d,h  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; Cortical thickness; Plasticity; Spatial navigation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROANATOMY; PARACENTRAL LOBULE; PRECUNEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THICKNESS; TRAINING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855174302     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2011.11.015     Document Type: Article

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