Stuck in default mode: Inefficient cross-frequency synchronization may lead to age-related short-term memory decline

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1611-1618

  Pinal, Diego ^a,b   Zurrón, Montserrat ^a   Díaz, Fernando ^a   Sauseng, Paul ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain networks; Cross frequency synchronization; Normal aging; Oscillations; Short term memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS FREQUENCY SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEMORY DISORDER; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; RESTING STATE NETWORK; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL INFORMATION; BRAIN; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BRAIN; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925335858     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2015.01.009     Document Type: Article

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