Altered function of ventral striatum during reward-based decision making in old age
Normal aging is associated with a decline in different cognitive domains and local structural atrophy as well as decreases in dopamine concentration and receptor density. To date, it is largely unknown how these reductions in dopaminergic neurotransmission affect human brain regions responsible for...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2009-10-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Human Neuroscience |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/neuro.09.034.2009/full |