Impact of neuroprotection on incidence of Alzheimer's disease

PLoS ONE

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  de la Fuente Fernández, Raúl ^a  

^a Universidad de La Coruña   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEUROPROTECTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SYNAPSE; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 54949096535     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000052     Document Type: Article

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