Education, the brain and dementia: Neuroprotection or compensation?

Brain

Volumn 133, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2210-2216

  Brayne, Carol ^a   Ince, Paul G ^b   Keage, Hannah A D ^a   McKeith, Ian G ^c   Matthews, Fiona E ^d   Polvikoski, Tuomo ^c   Sulkava, Raimo ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ageing; Brain; Dementia; Education

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; ORGAN SIZE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77957084493     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awq185     Document Type: Article

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