Indestructible plastic: The neuroscience of the new aging brain

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 1 APR, 2014, Pages

  Holman, Constance ^a   de Villers Sidani, Etienne ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Biocapital; Cognitive decline; Cognitive training; Computerized training; Neurotechnology; Normality; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL FUNCTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT TRACING; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSCIENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84898444015     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00219     Document Type: Article

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