Bimanual motor deficits in older adults predicted by diffusion tensor imaging metrics of corpus callosum subregions

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 220, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 273-290

  Serbruyns, L ^a   Gooijers, J ^a   Caeyenberghs, K ^a,b   Meesen, R L ^a,c,d   Cuypers, K ^a,c,d   Sisti, H M ^a   Leemans, A ^e   Swinnen, Stephan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c PHL University College   (Belgium)

^d HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Bimanual coordination; Corpus callosum; DTI; Fractional anisotropy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN MAPPING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PATHOLOGY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN MAPPING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885964385     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-013-0654-z     Document Type: Article

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