A Brain-Wide Study of Age-Related Changes in Functional Connectivity

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1987-1999

  Geerligs, Linda ^a,b,c   Renken, Remco J ^b   Saliasi, Emi ^b   Maurits, Natasha M ^b   Lorist, Monicque M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aging; dedifferentiation; fMRI; functional connectivity; graph theory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REST; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936805647     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhu012     Document Type: Article

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