The aging brain: Structural changes and their implications for cognitive aging

New Frontiers in Cognitive Aging

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Raz, Naftali ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related change; Aging; Brain imaging; Cognition; Cognitive performance; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920920952     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198525691.003.0006     Document Type: Chapter

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