Longitudinal genetic analysis of executive function in elderly men

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1759-1768

  Lessov Schlaggar, Christina N ^a   Swan, Gary E ^a   Reed, Terry ^b   Wolf, Philip A ^c   Carmelli, Dorit ^a  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

APOE 4 allele; Cognitive decline; Genetic stability; Genetics; Longitudinal; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ALLELE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4 GENE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOLLOW UP; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VETERAN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TWINS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 34548527352     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2006.07.018     Document Type: Article

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