Influence of age, circadian and homeostatic processes on inhibitory motor control: a Go/Nogo task study.

INTRODUCTION: The contribution of circadian system and sleep pressure influences on executive performance as a function of age has never been studied. The aim of our study was to determine the age-related evolution of inhibitory motor control (i.e., ability to suppress a prepotent motor response) an...

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Main Authors: Patricia Sagaspe, Jacques Taillard, Hélène Amiéva, Arnaud Beck, Olivier Rascol, Jean-François Dartigues, Aurore Capelli, Pierre Philip
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3382614?pdf=render