Small-worldness and modularity of the resting-state functional brain network decrease with aging

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 556, Issue , 2013, Pages 104-108

  Onoda, Keiichi ^a   Yamaguchi, Shuhei ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; FMRI; Functional network; Modularity; Resting state; Small worldness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRECUNEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTING STATE NETWORK; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; WORKING MEMORY;

AGING; FMRI; FUNCTIONAL NETWORK; MODULARITY; RESTING-STATE; SMALL-WORLDNESS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; REST;

EID: 84887324990     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.10.023     Document Type: Article

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