Understanding variability in the BOLD signal and why it matters for aging

Brain Imaging and Behavior

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 274-283

  Grady, Cheryl L ^a,b   Garrett, Douglas D ^c  

^a ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; BOLD signal; Cognition; fMRI; Variability

Indexed keywords

AGING; BAYES THEOREM; BEHAVIOR; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MENTAL TASK; NERVE CELL; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRECUNEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; TASK POSITIVE NETWORK; BRAIN; BRAIN CIRCULATION; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VASCULARIZATION;

OXYGEN;

AGING; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COGNITION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN;

EID: 84899938788     PISSN: 19317557     EISSN: 19317565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11682-013-9253-0     Document Type: Review

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