When I am (almost) 64: The effect of normal ageing on implicit motor imagery in young elderlies

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 303, Issue , 2016, Pages 137-151

  Zapparoli, Laura ^a,b   Saetta, Gianluca ^b   De Santis, Carlo ^b   Gandola, Martina ^c   Zerbi, Alberto ^a   Banfi, Giuseppe ^a,d   Paulesu, Eraldo ^a,b  

^a IRCCS ISTITUTO ORTOPEDICO GALEAZZI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ageing; FMRI; Hand laterality task; Implicit motor imagery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR ASSESSMENT; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND LATERALITY TASK; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LETTER ROTATION TASK; MALE; MOTOR FUNCTION TEST; MOTOR IMAGERY; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; IMAGINATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGING; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL;

EID: 84956693335     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: 18727549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2016.01.058     Document Type: Article

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