Variation in blood pressure is associated with white matter microstructure but not cognition in African Americans

Neuropsychology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 199-208

  Leritz, Elizabeth C ^a,b   Salat, David H ^a   Milberg, William P ^a   Williams, Victoria J ^a,b   Chapman, Caroline E ^a   Grande, Laura J ^a   Rudolph, James L ^a,b   Schnyer, David M ^c   Barber, Colleen E ^a   Lipsitz, Lewis A ^d,e   McGlinchey, Regina E ^a  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cerebrovascular risk; Cognition; Diffusion tensor imaging

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COGNITION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; WHITE MATTER;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANISOTROPY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COGNITION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77950220373     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018108     Document Type: Article

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