Dissociation of motor and sensory inhibition processes in normal aging

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 730-740

  Anguera, Joaquin A ^a   Gazzaley, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

EEG; Inhibition; Motor inhibition; Sensory suppression; Stop signal

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SENSORY SYSTEM; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MOVEMENT; NERVE NET; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SENSATION;

EID: 84857785013     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.08.024     Document Type: Article

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