Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 404-413 , March 2007

Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and actual retrieval performance affect cerebral activation in the elderly

  • Reinhard Heun

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Strasse 25, 53105 Bonn, Germany
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Birmingham, Mindelsohn Way, Birmingham B15 2QZ, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 121 678 2360; fax: +44 121 678 2351.
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  • Katrin Freymann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Strasse 25, 53105 Bonn, Germany
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  • Michael Erb

      Affiliations

    • Section on Experimental Magnetic Resonance of CNS, Department of Neuroradiology, University of Tuebingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Strasse 3, D-72076 Tuebingen, Germany
    • ,
  • Dirk T. Leube

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Tuebingen, Osianderstrasse 24, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany
    • ,
  • Frank Jessen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Strasse 25, 53105 Bonn, Germany
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  • Tilo T. Kircher

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Tuebingen, Osianderstrasse 24, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany
    • Department of Psychiatry, RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Pauwelstr. 30, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
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  • Wolfgang Grodd

      Affiliations

    • Section on Experimental Magnetic Resonance of CNS, Department of Neuroradiology, University of Tuebingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Strasse 3, D-72076 Tuebingen, Germany

Received 5 August 2005 ,Revised 16 January 2006 ,Accepted 27 January 2006.

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Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 28, Issue 3 , Pages 404-413 , March 2007

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