A biometric latent curve analysis of memory decline in older men of the NAS-NRC twin registry

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 472-495

  McArdle, John J ^a   Plassman, Brenda L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive aging; Longitudinal structural equation modeling; Memory loss; Multi level mixed effect biometric models; Multivariate twin and family data analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; LATENT STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; LIFESPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DETERIORATION; PHENOTYPE; RECALL; TWINS; VISUAL MEMORY;

AGED; AGING; BIOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS; TWINS;

EID: 69049119114     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-009-9272-1     Document Type: Article

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