Correlates of memory function in community-dwelling elderly: The importance of white matter hyperintensities

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 371-381

  Petkov, Christopher I ^a   Wu, Christine H ^a,b   Eberling, Jamie L ^a,b   Mungas, Dan ^b   Zrelak, Patricia A ^c   Yonelinas, Andrew P ^a,c   Haan, Mary N ^d   Jagust, William J ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Declarative memory; Hippocampus; Imaging; Magnetic resonance; Population

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MEXICO; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SEMANTICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SUBICULUM; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VERBAL MEMORY; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HISPANIC; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 2942683500     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617704103056     Document Type: Article

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