Age-related white-matter correlates of motor sequence learning and consolidation

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 48, Issue , 2016, Pages 13-22

  Vien, Catherine ^a,b   Boré, Arnaud ^a   Lungu, Ovidiu ^a,b   Benali, Habib ^c   Carrier, Julie ^a,b,d   Fogel, Stuart ^a,b,e   Doyon, Julien ^a,b  

^a CRIUGM   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; DTI; DWI; Memory consolidation; Motor sequence learning; Sleep; TBSS; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MOTOR SEQUENCE LEARNING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TASK PERFORMANCE; WHITE MATTER; AGED; AGING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SLEEP; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SLEEP; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84986550499     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2016.08.006     Document Type: Article

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