Frontostriatal and mediotemporal lobe contributions to implicit higher-order spatial sequence learning declines in aging and Parkinson's disease

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 204-221

  Schendan, Haline E ^a,b   Tinaz, Sule ^b,c   Maher, Stephen M ^d   Stern, Chantal E ^b,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Implicit learning; Medial temporal lobe; Parkinson's disease; Prefrontal cortex; Striatum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMERICAN NATIONAL ADULT READING TEST; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA RATING SCALE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARKINSON DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RESPONSE TIME; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; STRIATE CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARKINSON DISEASE; REACTION TIME; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84876039967     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: 19390084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0032012     Document Type: Article

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