Naming ability changes in physiological and pathological aging

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue AUG, 2012, Pages

  Cotelli, Maria ^a   Manenti, Rosa ^a   Brambilla, Michela ^a   Zanetti, Orazio ^a   Miniussi, Carlo ^a,b  

^a IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain stimulation; Cognition; Harold; Language; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

AGING; BRAIN; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; FRONTAL CORTEX; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LANGUAGE TEST; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL AGING; PHYSIOLOGICAL AGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84866388369     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2012.00120     Document Type: Review

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