White matter hyperintensities among older adults are associated with futile increase in frontal activation and functional connectivity during spatial search.

The mechanisms by which aging and other processes can affect the structure and function of brain networks are important to understanding normal age-related cognitive decline. Advancing age is known to be associated with various disease processes, including clinically asymptomatic vascular and inflam...

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Main Authors: Samuel N Lockhart, Steven J Luck, Joy Geng, Laurel Beckett, Elizabeth A Disbrow, Owen Carmichael, Charles DeCarli
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4368687?pdf=render