Education modifies the association of amyloid but not tangles with cognitive function

Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 953-955

  Bennett, D A ^a   Schneider, J A ^a   Wilson, R S ^a   Bienias, J L ^b   Arnold, S E ^c  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; TAU PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 25444488333     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000176286.17192.69     Document Type: Article

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