Brain reserve hypothesis in dementia

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-22

  Fratiglioni, Laura ^a,b   Wang, Hui Xin ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM GERONTOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brain reserve; Dementia; Education; Leisure activities; Life course approach; Social network; Work complexity

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INTELLECT; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORK;

EID: 34548590301     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2007-12103     Document Type: Conference Paper

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