The adaptive aging brain: Evidence from the preservation of communication abilities with age

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1887-1895

  Ansado, Jennyfer ^a,b,c   Marsolais, Yannick ^a,c   Methqal, Ikram ^a,c   Alary, Flamine ^a   Joanette, Yves ^a,c  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive brain; Communication abilities; Neural compensation; Neural reserve; Neurofunctional reorganization

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; ATTENTION; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; VERBALIZATION;

AGING; ATTENTION; BRAIN; COGNITION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 84879224556     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12252     Document Type: Review

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