Structural integrity of the substantia nigra and subthalamic nucleus predicts flexibility of instrumental learning in older-age individuals

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2261-2270

  Chowdhury, Rumana ^a,b   Guitart Masip, Marc ^b   Lambert, Christian ^b   Dolan, Raymond J ^b   Düzel, Emrah ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Instrumental learning; Magnetization transfer; Novelty seeking; Substantia nigra

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENTAL LEARNING; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGING; INSTRUMENTAL LEARNING; MAGNETIZATION TRANSFER; NOVELTY SEEKING; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

AGED; AGING; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84879885134     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2013.03.030     Document Type: Article

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