Cognitive function in Japanese centenarians according to the mini-mental state examination

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 6-12

  Inagaki, Hiroki ^a,e   Gondo, Yasuyuki ^b   Hirose, Nobuyoshi ^c   Masui, Yukie ^a   Kitagawa, Koji ^d   Arai, Yasumichi ^c   Ebihara, Yoshinori ^c   Yamamura, Ken ^c   Takayama, Michiyo ^c   Nakazawa, Susumu ^c   Shimizu, Ken Ichiro ^c   Homma, Akira ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d TOHOKU BUNKA GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Centenarians; Cognitive function; Mini Mental State Examination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTENTION; COGNITION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 67650151576     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000228713     Document Type: Article

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