Chapter 1 Normal Brain Aging. Clinical, Immunological, Neuropsychological, and Neuroimaging Features

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 84, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-19

  Caserta, Maria T ^a   Bannon, Yvonne ^a   Fernandez, Francisco ^a   Giunta, Brian ^a   Schoenberg, Mike R ^a   Tan, Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AGING; B LYMPHOCYTE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL LOSS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENETIC TRAIT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOSURVEILLANCE; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MORTALITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SYMPTOM; T LYMPHOCYTE; VIRUS INFECTION; BRAIN; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGING; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 66249106011     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7742(09)00401-2     Document Type: Review

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