Age-related changes of task-specific brain activity in normal aging

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 507, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 78-83

  Ho, Ming Chung ^a   Chou, Chia Yi ^a,b   Huang, Chin Fei ^a   Lin, Yu Te ^c   Shih, Ching Sen ^c   Han, Shiang Yi ^a   Shen, Ming Hsun ^a   Chen, Tsung Ching ^a   Liang, Chi lin ^a   Lu, Ming Chi ^a   Liu, Chia Ju ^a  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAJEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Attention; Cross phase coherence; Event related spectral power; Inter trial phase locking; Normal aging

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED CROSS PHASE COHERENCE; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; EVENT RELATED SPECTRAL POWER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTER TRIAL PHASE LOCKING; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGED; AGING; AUDITORY CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PITCH PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855207945     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.11.057     Document Type: Article

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