Blood Pressure Reactivity and Cognitive Function in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging

Health Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 641-646

  Brown, Jessica P ^a   Sollers III, John J ^b   Thayer, Julian F ^b   Zonderman, Alan B ^c   Waldstein, Shari R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

blood pressure reactivity; cardiovascular reactivity; cognitive function; neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BALTIMORE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 70350787176     PISSN: 02786133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015215     Document Type: Article

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