Structural and functional cerebral bases of diminished inhibitory control during healthy aging
Hu S, Ide JS, Chao HH, Castagna B, Fischer KA, Zhang S, Li C. Structural and functional cerebral bases of diminished inhibitory control during healthy aging. Human Brain Mapping 2018, 39: 5085-5096. PMID: 30113124, PMCID: PMC6287913, DOI: 10.1002/hbm.24347.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProlonged stop signal reaction timeStop-signal reaction timeAge-related reductionInhibitory controlFunctional changesPrefrontal cortexAge-related diminutionSignal taskRight dorsolateral prefrontal cortexSame brain regionsFunctional magnetic resonance imagingMagnetic resonance imagingMedial prefrontal cortexInferior parietal cortexResponse inhibitionDorsolateral prefrontal cortexInferior frontal cortexDiminished inhibitory controlCerebral changesStructure-function associationsSignal reaction timeCaudate headAge-related differencesStop-signal taskFrontal cortex