Association of cognitive functioning with retinal nerve fiber layer thickness

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4576-4580

  van Koolwijk, Leonieke M E ^a,b   Despriet, Dominiek D G ^b   van Duijn, Cornelia M ^b   Oostra, Ben A ^b   van Swieten, John C ^b   de Koning, Inge ^b   Klaver, Caroline C W ^b   Lemij, Hans G ^a  

^a ROTTERDAM EYE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOCK DESIGN; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUTCH ADULT READING TEST; FEMALE; GENE ISOLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NETHERLANDS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OPHTHALMOLOGY; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA NERVE CELL FIBER LAYER THICKNESS; REY AUDITORY VERBAL MEMORY TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMANTIC FLUENCY; SEX RATIO; STROOP COLOR WORD TEST; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; ADOLESCENT; CYTOLOGY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HISTOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OPTIC DISK; PEDIGREE; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AXONS; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OPTIC DISK; PEDIGREE; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349561276     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-3181     Document Type: Article

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