Stimulating the aging brain

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-3

  Voytek, Bradley ^a   Gazzaley, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84873398334     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.23790     Document Type: Editorial

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