Functional and structural correlates of the aging brain: Relating visual cortex (V1) gamma band responses to age-related structural change

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2035-2046

  Gaetz, William ^a   Roberts, Timothy P L ^a   Singh, Krish D ^b   Muthukumaraswamy, Suresh D ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Gamma band; Magnetoencephalography; MEG; Visual contrast gratings

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CUNEUS; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864958009     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.21339     Document Type: Article

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