Memory aging and brain maintenance

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 292-305

  Nyberg, Lars ^a,b   Lövdén, Martin ^c,d,e   Riklund, Katrine ^a,b   Lindenberger, Ulman ^d   Bäckman, Lars ^c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION PATTERNS; BRAIN PATHOLOGIES; BRAIN STRUCTURE; EPISODIC MEMORIES; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; MEMORY PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORIES;

DISEASES; PATHOLOGY;

MAINTENANCE;

AGING; BRAIN; GRAY MATTER; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MEMORY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; REVIEW; WHITE MATTER;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROIMAGING;

EID: 84860379706     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2012.04.005     Document Type: Review

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