Differential brain shrinkage over 6months shows limited association with cognitive practice

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 171-180

  Raz, Naftali ^a   Schmiedek, Florian ^b   Rodrigue, Karen M ^c   Kennedy, Kristen M ^c   Lindenberger, Ulman ^d   Lövdén, Martin ^e  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GERMAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; Cerebellum; Cognitive training; Longitudinal; MRI; Plasticity; Vascular risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LATENT DIFFERENCE SCORE; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBITAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRIATE CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84877835804     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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