Slowing down: Age-related neurobiological predictors of processing speed

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MAR, 2011, Pages

  Eckert, Mark A ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cerebellum; Prefrontal; Processing speed; Source based morphometry

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN;

AGING; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN CELL; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; DETERIORATION; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MYELINATION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERCEPTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

EID: 84857608173     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2011.00025     Document Type: Review

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