White matter integrity and reaction time intraindividual variability in healthy aging and early-stage Alzheimer disease

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 357-366

  Jackson, Jonathan D ^a   Balota, David A ^a   Duchek, Janet M ^a   Head, Denise ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attentional control; Coefficient of variation; Default network; Mu; Sigma; Tau

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84856031691     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.11.024     Document Type: Article

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