Pulmonary function, cognitive impairment and brain atrophy in a middle-aged community sample

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 300-308

  Sachdev, P S ^a,b   Anstey, K J ^c   Parslow, R A ^c   Wen, W ^a,b   Maller, J ^c   Kumar, R ^c   Christensen, H ^c   Jorm, A F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain atrophy; Cognitive impairment; Pulmonary function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GRIP STRENGTH; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFLAMMATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER; WORKING MEMORY;

ATROPHY; BRAIN; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33646675351     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000091438     Document Type: Article

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