APOE genotype and cognitive functioning in a large age-stratified population sample

Neuropsychology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-8

  Jorm, Anthony F ^a,b   Mather, Karen A ^b   Butterworth, Peter ^b   Anstey, Kaarin J ^b   Christensen, Helen ^b   Easteal, Simon ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Biology and Environment   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Allele; APOE; Apolipoprotein E; Cognitive functioning; Genotype; Memory; Reaction time; Vocabulary

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REACTION TIME; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; COGNITION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 33846115815     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.21.1.1     Document Type: Article

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