Delayed recall, hippocampal volume and Alzheimer neuropathology: Findings from the Nun Study

Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 428-432

  Mortimer, James A ^a,b   Gosche, K M ^a   Riley, K P ^c,d   Markesbery, W R ^c,d   Snowdon, D A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED VERBAL RECALL; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECALL; SUBICULUM; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 1042276571     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000106463.66966.65     Document Type: Article

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