Vulnerability to stress, anxiety, and development of dementia in old age

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 327-334

  Wilson, Robert S ^a,b   Begeny, Christopher T ^d   Boyle, Patricia A ^b   Schneider, Julie A ^a,c   Bennett, David A ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Departments of Behavioral Sciences   (United States)

^c Departments of Pathology   (United States)

^d RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; anxiety; cognitive decline; neuroticism; stress

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LEWY BODY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROSIS; SELF REPORT; SEMANTIC MEMORY; STRESS; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 79953750262     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e31820119da     Document Type: Article

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