Neuropathological associates of multiple cognitive functions in two community-based cohorts of older adults

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 602-614

  Dowling, N Maritza ^a   Tomaszewski Farias, Sarah ^b   Reed, Bruce R ^b,c   Sonnen, Joshua A ^d   Strauss, Milton E ^e   Schneider, Julie A ^f   Bennett, David A ^f   Mungas, Dan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disease; Confirmatory factor analysis; Latent variable analysis; MIMIC; Neuropathology; Neuropsychological test battery

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID PLAQUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VISION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEWY BODY DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PLAQUE, AMYLOID; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79960226239     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617710001426     Document Type: Article

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