Chronic distress, age-related neuropathology, and late-life dementia

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-53

  Wilson, Robert S ^a,c   Arnold, Steven E ^d   Schneider, Julie A ^a,c   Li, Yan ^b,c   Bennett, David A ^a,c  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyloid beta; Chronic distress; Cognitive function; Dementia; Lewy bodies; Neurofibrillary tangles

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN[25-35]; TAU PROTEIN;

AGED; AGING; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEWY BODY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANXIETY; AUTOPSY; BRAIN DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33846455777     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.psy.0000250264.25017.21     Document Type: Article

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