Intracranial volume and dementia: Some evidence in support of the cerebral reserve hypothesis

Brain Research

Volumn 1385, Issue , 2011, Pages 151-162

  Tate, D F ^a,b   Neeley, E S ^c   Norton, M C ^d   Tschanz, J T ^d   Miller, M J ^c   Wolfson, L ^e   Hulette, C ^f   Leslie, C ^f   Welsh Bohmer, K A ^f   Plassman, B ^f   Bigler, Erin D ^c,g  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; APOE; Cognitive or brain reserve; Dementia; Intracranial volume

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITIVE RESERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; CEREBRUM; COGNITIVE RESERVE; COHORT STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953192116     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.12.038     Document Type: Article

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