Memory training impacts short-term changes in aging white matter: A Longitudinal Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2390-2406

  Engvig, Andreas ^a   Fjell, Anders M ^a,b   Westlye, Lars T ^a   Moberget, Torgeir ^a   Sundseth, Øyvind ^b   Larsen, Vivi Agnete ^a   Walhovd, Kristine B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aging; DTI; FA; Longitudinal; Memory; Plasticity; Training; White matter

Indexed keywords

MYELIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WHITE MATTER; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REHABILITATION;

EID: 84866146001     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.21370     Document Type: Article

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