APOE polymorphism affects episodic memory among non demented elderly subjects

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 224-227

  De Blasi, Simona ^a   Montesanto, Alberto ^a   Martino, Cinzia ^a   Dato, Serena ^a   De Rango, Francesco ^a   Bruni, Amalia C ^b   Mari, Vincenzo ^c   Feraco, Emidio ^c   Passarino, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b Regional Neurogenetic Centre   (Italy)

^c INRCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aging; APOE; Cognitive abilities; Cognitive decline; Episodic memory; MMSE

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TIME PERCEPTION; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; ITALY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; RECALL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALLELES; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 59649117521     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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