Preservation of cognitive and functional ability as markers of longevity

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1231-1240

  Schupf, Nicole ^a,b   Costa, Rosann ^a   Tang, Ming Xin ^a,c   Andrews, Howard ^a,c,d   Tycko, Benjamin ^b   Lee, Joseph H ^a,b   Mayeux, Richard ^a,b  

^a Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^b Columbia Univ Coll Phys Surgs ^*  (United States)

^c Columbia Univ Coll Phys S ^*  (United States)

^d NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Function; Heritability; Longevity; Memory; Phenotype

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEATH; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; LANGUAGE; LEG; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SIBLING; SKILL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEW YORK CITY; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SIBLINGS;

EID: 4143141845     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2003.11.010     Document Type: Article

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