Evoked potentials reveal age-related compensatory mechanisms in early visual processing

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1302-1308

  Stothart, George ^a   Tales, Andrea ^a   Kazanina, Nina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Compensation; Electroencephalography; Mismatch negativity; MMN; Visual evoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPENSATORY VISUAL EVOKED POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MISMATCH NEGATIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; VISION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN MAPPING; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE NET; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84872355523     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2012.08.012     Document Type: Article

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