Executive dysfunction and gray matter atrophy in amnestic mild cognitive impairment

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 548-555

  Zheng, Dongming ^a   Sun, Hongzan ^a   Dong, Xiaoyu ^a   Liu, Baiwei ^a   Xu, Yongchuan ^a   Chen, Sipan ^a   Song, Lichun ^a   Zhang, Hong ^a   Wang, Xiaoming ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Executive function; Inhibition; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mild cognitive impairment; Working memory

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXECUTIVE DYSFUNCTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WORKING MEMORY;

EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; INHIBITION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; ATROPHY; BRAIN; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NERVE NET; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY;

EID: 84889591586     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2013.09.007     Document Type: Article

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