Neural mechanisms of age-related slowing: The ΔCBF/ΔCMRO 2 ratio mediates age-differences in BOLD signal and human performance

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2337-2346

  Hutchison, Joanna L ^a,b   Lu, Hanzhang ^c   Rypma, Bart ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; BOLD; CBF; CMRO2; Dual echo ASL; Hypercapnia; Neural efficiency; Processing efficiency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CEREBRAL METABOLIC RATE OF OXYGEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; NON REBREATHING VALVE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84878930975     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhs233     Document Type: Article

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