Aging-related changes of neural mechanisms underlying visual-spatial working memory

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1284-1297

  Piefke, Martina ^a,b   Onur, Özgür A ^a,c   Fink, Gereon R ^a,c  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological aging; Executive functions; FMRI; Parietal cortex; Prefrontal cortex; Visual spatial attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRECUNEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL SPATIAL WORKING MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861190282     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2010.10.014     Document Type: Article

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