Dynamic range in BOLD modulation: lifespan aging trajectories and association with performance

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 60, Issue , 2017, Pages 153-163

  Kennedy, Kristen M ^a   Boylan, Maria A ^a   Rieck, Jenny R ^a   Foster, Chris M ^a   Rodrigue, Karen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Coupling; Difficulty modulation; fMRI; n back; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BILATERAL ANTERIOR CINGULATE GYRUS; BILATERAL CINGULATE GYRUS; BILATERAL INFERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; BILATERAL SUPERIOR PARIETAL LOBULE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN REGION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HUMAN; LATERAL OCCIPITAL CORTEX; LEFT ANGULAR GYRUS; LEFT FUSIFORM GYRUS; LEFT LINGUAL GYRUS; LEFT PRECUNEUS; LEFT SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; LEFT SUPPLEMENTAL MOTOR AREA; LIFESPAN; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; POSTERIOR PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT ANGULAR GYRUS; RIGHT FUSIFORM GYRUS; RIGHT HIPPOCAMPUS; RIGHT INSULA; RIGHT MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; RIGHT MIDDLE OCCIPITAL GYRUS; RIGHT PRECENTRAL GYRUS; RIGHT PRECUNEUS; SUPERIOR PRECUNEUS; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERY ELDERLY; WORKING MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT; BLOOD; BRAIN; COGNITIVE AGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

OXYGEN;

AGING; BRAIN; COGNITION; COGNITIVE AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; OXYGEN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 85029806797     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2017.08.027     Document Type: Article

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