The influence of age and mild cognitive impairment on associative memory performance and underlying brain networks

Brain Imaging and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 776-789

  Oedekoven, Christiane S H ^a,b   Jansen, Andreas ^a   Keidel, James L ^b   Kircher, Tilo ^a   Leube, Dirk ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Functional connectivity; Hippocampus; Mild cognitive impairment (MCI); Task positive network (TPN)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CALCARINE SULCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; INSULA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRECUNEUS; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RECOGNITION; SUPERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; TASK POSITIVE NETWORK; ADOLESCENT; AGING; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84948582391     PISSN: 19317557     EISSN: 19317565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11682-014-9335-7     Document Type: Article

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