Brain reserve and cognitive decline: A non-parametric systematic review

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1065-1073

  Valenzuela, Michael J ^a,b   Sachdev, Perminder ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COVARIANCE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDLINE; MENTAL FUNCTION; OCCUPATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PSYCINFO; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCISEARCH; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENTAL PROCESSES; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; OCCUPATIONS;

EID: 33746112993     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291706007744     Document Type: Review

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