Age-related variability in performance of a motor action selection task is related to differences in brain function and structure among older adults

NeuroImage

Volumn 86, Issue , 2014, Pages 326-334

  Stewart, Jill Campbell ^a   Tran, Xuan ^a   Cramer, Steven C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Action selection; Aging; Functional connectivity; Imaging; Movement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE TRACT; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; WHITE MATTER;

ACTION SELECTION; AGING; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; IMAGING; MOVEMENT;

AGED; AGING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DECISION MAKING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84891632505     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.10.016     Document Type: Article

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