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The genetic impact (C957T-DRD2) on inhibitory control is magnified by aging.
Neuropsychologia - 1 Jun 2013
Colzato Lorenza S, van den Wildenberg Wery P M, Hommel Bernhard
Abstract excerpt
Healthy aging beyond the age of 65 is characterized by a general decrease in cognitive control over actions: old adults have more difficulty than young adults in stopping overt responses. Responsible for this cognitive decrement is the continuous decline of striatal and extrastriatal dopamine (DA). The resource-modulation hypothesis assumes that genetic variability is more likely to result in performance...
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