Delaying the onset of Alzheimer disease: Bilingualism as a form of cognitive reserve

Neurology

Volumn 75, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 1726-1729

  Craik, Fergus I M ^a,b   Bialystok, Ellen ^a,c   Freedman, Morris ^a,d,e  

^a ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Division of Neurology   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BILINGUALISM; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE RESERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OCCUPATION; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; COGNITIVE RESERVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM;

EID: 78650023687     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181fc2a1c     Document Type: Article

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