Age-related individual variability in memory performance is associated with amygdala-hippocampal circuit function and emotional pattern separation

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 49, Issue , 2017, Pages 9-19

  Leal, Stephanie L ^a,b   Noche, Jessica A ^a   Murray, Elizabeth A ^a   Yassa, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Amygdala; Emotion; Hippocampus; Lateral entorhinal cortex; Memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMYGDALA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE NUCLEUS; EMOTION; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDIAL TEMPORAL LOBE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD LIST RECALL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; LEARNING; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AMYGDALA; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84991594444     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2016.08.018     Document Type: Article

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