Age-related alterations of brain network underlying the retrieval of emotional autobiographical memories: An fMRI study using independent component analysis

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue Aug, 2014, Pages 1-17

  Ge, Ruiyang ^a   Fu, Yan ^a,b   Wang, Dahua ^a   Yao, Li ^a   Long, Zhiying ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aging; Emotional autobiographical memory; fMRI; ICA; Positivity effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PRECUNEUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL LOBE; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84933676981     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00629     Document Type: Article

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