The neural basis of age-related changes in motor imagery of gait: An fMRI study

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1389-1398

  Allali, Gilles ^a,b   Van Der Meulen, Marian ^a,b,c   Beauchet, Olivier ^d   Rieger, Sebastian W ^e   Vuilleumier, Patrik ^a,b,c   Assal, Frédéric ^a,b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^c Department of Pathology and Immunology   (Switzerland)

^d ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aging; Gait; Mental imagery; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROLOGIC GAIT DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911059073     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glt207     Document Type: Article

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