Brain Events Underlying Episodic Memory Changes in Aging: A Longitudinal Investigation of Structural and Functional Connectivity

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1272-1286

  Fjell, Anders M ^a,b   Sneve, Markus H ^a   Storsve, Andreas B ^a   Grydeland, Håkon ^a   Yendiki, Anastasia ^c   Walhovd, Kristine B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; longitudinal; memory; resting state functional connectivity; structural connectivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; COGNITION; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; VERBAL MEMORY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; REST; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REST; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84961253713     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhv102     Document Type: Article

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