Age-related and genetic modulation of frontal cortex efficiency

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 746-754

  Nyberg, Lars ^a,b   Andersson, Micael ^a,b   Kauppi, Karolina ^a,b   Lundquist, Anders ^a,b   Persson, Jonas ^b,c,d,e   Pudas, Sara ^b,c   Nilsson, Lars Göran ^b,c,d  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Stockholm Brain Institute   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN REGION; CATECHOL O METHYL TRANSFERASE GENE; COGNITION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERY ELDERLY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN MAPPING; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84896853084     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00521     Document Type: Article

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