Linking planning performance and gray matter density in mid-dorsolateral prefrontal cortex: Moderating effects of age and sex

NeuroImage

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1454-1463

  Kaller, Christoph P ^a   Heinze, Katharina ^a   Mader, Irina ^a   Unterrainer, Josef M ^b   Rahm, Benjamin ^b   Weiller, Cornelius ^a   Köstering, Lena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age effects; Mid dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; Planning ability; Sex differences; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATURATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PLANNING PERFORMANCE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYNAPSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEX FACTORS; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866171946     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.08.032     Document Type: Article

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