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Comment on Greenwood (2007): Solving the puzzle of structure/function relations in the aging brain?
Authors:Grady  Cheryl L
Abstract:Neuroimaging experiments have shown that prefrontal regions of the brain, which have the most age-related volume loss, are also the regions most likely to be more active in older adults than in younger adults. In an attempt to solve this puzzle, P. M. Greenwood (see record 2007-15625-001) has proposed a cascade that flows from age-related atrophy in the brain to changed processing strategies that result in plastic changes in regions adjacent and contralateral to the atrophic areas, culminating in greater functional activity. This hypothesis should stimulate research into these mechanisms and hopefully will ultimately inform researchers' ability to rehabilitate cognitive disorders in the elderly. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)
Keywords:functional neuroimaging  aging  frontal lobes  compensation  adaptation  atrophy  hypothesis  cognition  adult neural plasticity  functional reorganization  cortical regions  regional activation
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