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SUBMITTER: Samanez-Larkin GR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2268869 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Samanez-Larkin Gregory R GR Gibbs Sasha E B SE Khanna Kabir K Nielsen Lisbeth L Carstensen Laura L LL Knutson Brian B
Nature neuroscience 20070429 6
Although global declines in structure have been documented in the aging human brain, little is known about the functional integrity of the striatum and prefrontal cortex in older adults during incentive processing. We used event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging to determine whether younger and older adults differed in both self-reported and neural responsiveness to anticipated monetary gains and losses. The present study provides evidence for intact striatal and insular activation d ...[more]