Neurovascular coupling in normal aging: A combined optical, ERP and fMRI study

NeuroImage

Volumn 85, Issue , 2014, Pages 592-607

  Fabiani, Monica ^a   Gordon, Brian A ^a   Maclin, Edward L ^a   Pearson, Melanie A ^a   Brumback Peltz, Carrie R ^a   Low, Kathy A ^a   McAuley, Edward ^a   Sutton, Bradley P ^a   Kramer, Arthur F ^a   Gratton, Gabriele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Event related brain potentials (ERPs); Event related optical signal (EROS); Fitness; Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); Near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS); Neurovascular coupling

Indexed keywords

DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FITNESS; FLUORESCENCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEUROVASCULAR COUPLING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

AGING; EVENT-RELATED BRAIN POTENTIALS (ERPS); EVENT-RELATED OPTICAL SIGNAL (EROS); FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (FMRI); NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY (NIRS); NEUROVASCULAR COUPLING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BLOOD VESSELS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889663322     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.04.113     Document Type: Article

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