Differential genetic influence for components of memory in aging adult twins

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1127-1132

  Swan, Gary E ^a   Reed, Terry ^b   Jack, Lisa M ^a   Miller, Bruce L ^c   Markee, Taryn ^f   Wolf, Philip A ^d   DeCarli, Charles ^e   Carmelli, Dorit ^a  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GENETIC MODEL; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; TWINS; VERBAL MEMORY;

AGED; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0032887167     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.56.9.1127     Document Type: Article

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