Specific anatomic associations between white matter integrity and cognitive reserve in normal and cognitively impaired elders

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-42

  Arenaza Urquijo, Eider M ^a   Bosch, Beatriz ^b   Sala Llonch, Roser ^b   Solé Padullés, Cristina ^b   Junqué, Carme ^b,c   Fernández Espejo, Davinia ^a   Bargalló, Núria ^b,c,d   Rami, Lorena ^b   Molinuevo, José Luis ^b,c   Bartrés Faz, David ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Hospital C ýnic de Barcelona   (Spain)

^c INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^d BIOMATERIALES Y NANOMEDICINA CIBER BBN   (Spain)

Author keywords

aging; Alzheimer's disease; Cognitive reserve; diffusion tensor imaging; mild cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE RESERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 78650776471     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e3181e448e1     Document Type: Article

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