Reduced frontal cortex efficiency is associated with lower white matter integrity in aging

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 138-146

  Zhu, Zude ^a   Johnson, Nathan F ^a   Kim, Chobok ^a,c   Gold, Brian T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aging; DTI; Over recruitment; Task switching; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRACTOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CYTOLOGY; FRONTAL LOBE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84921269210     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bht212     Document Type: Article

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