Prefrontal gray matter volume mediates age effects on memory strategies

NeuroImage

Volumn 90, Issue , 2014, Pages 326-334

  Kirchhoff, B A ^a   Gordon, B A ^b   Head, D ^b,c  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Clustering; MRI; Recall; Semantic; Serial

Indexed keywords

AGING; CLUSTERING; MRI; RECALL; SEMANTIC; SERIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893615829     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.12.052     Document Type: Article

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