Healthy aging by staying selectively connected: A mini-review

Gerontology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-9

  Antonenko, Daria ^a   Flöel, Agnes ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain networks; Diffusion tensor imaging; Fractional anisotropy; Functional connectivity; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Resting state; Structural connectivity

Indexed keywords

AGING; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ENCEPHALE ISOLE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; WHITE MATTER; WORKING MEMORY; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONNECTOME; LANGUAGE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRODUCTIVITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BRAIN; COGNITION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEMORY DISORDERS; NERVE NET;

EID: 84890931797     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000354376     Document Type: Review

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