Clock drawing phenotypes in community-dwelling African Americans and Caucasians: Results from the University of Alabama at Birmingham study of aging

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 175-180

  Schillerstrom, Jason E ^a   Sawyer Baker, Patricia ^b,c   Allman, Richard M ^b,c,e   Rungruang, Bunja ^b   Zamrini, Edward ^b,d   Royall, Donald R ^a,e  

^a University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^e GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

African American population; Aging; Clock drawing task; Cognition; Dementia; Executive function

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CAUCASIAN; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERFORMANCE; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALABAMA; COHORT STUDIES; DEMENTIA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; PHENOTYPE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 34548305044     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000104095     Document Type: Article

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