Session II: Mechanisms of age-related cognitive change and targets for intervention: Neural circuits, networks, and plasticity

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 67 A, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 747-753

  Decarli, Charles ^a   Kawas, Claudia ^b   Morrison, John H ^c   Reuter Lorenz, Patricia A ^d   Sperling, Reisa A ^e   Wright, Clinton B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; cognitive changes; Neural networks

Indexed keywords

PRIMATES;

AMYLOID;

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HUMAN; MEMORY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

AGED; AGING; AMYLOID; ANIMALS; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; MEMORY; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84863707781     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/gls111     Document Type: Article

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