The Oregon brain aging study: Neuropathology accompanying healthy aging in the oldest old

Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 105-113

  Green, M Sean ^a,b   Kaye, Jeffrey A ^a,b   Ball, Melvyn J ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Dementia; Neuropathology

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENILE PLAQUE;

EID: 0033981060     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.54.1.105     Document Type: Article

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