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Céline Charroud1, Jason Steffener2, Emmanuelle Le Bars3

  • 1Institut d'Imagerie Fonctionnelle Humaine, I2FH, Department of Neuroradiology, Montpellier University Hospital Center, Gui de Chauliac Hospital, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France; Inserm, Unit 1198, Molecular Mechanisms in Neurodegenerative Diseases, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France.

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
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AgingFunctional MRIMemory: working memoryNeuroimaging

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