Functional and structural syntax networks in aging

NeuroImage

Volumn 83, Issue , 2013, Pages 513-523

  Antonenko, Daria ^a   Brauer, Jens ^b   Meinzer, Marcus ^a   Fengler, Anja ^b   Kerti, Lucia ^a   Friederici, Angela D ^b,c   Flöel, Agnes ^a,c  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Functional imaging; Language; Resting state; White matter integrity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ANGULAR GYRUS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FRONTAL GYRUS; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PARS OPERCULARIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTING STATE NETWORK; SEMANTICS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNCINATE FASCICULUS; WORKING MEMORY; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84881226804     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.07.018     Document Type: Article

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