Women have farther to fall: Gender differences between normal elderly and Alzheimer's disease in verbal memory engender better detection of Alzheimer's disease in women

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 654-662

  Chapman, Robert M ^a   Mapstone, Mark ^b   Gardner, Margaret N ^a   Sandoval, Tiffany C ^a   McCrary, John W ^a   Guillily, Maria D ^a   Reilly, Lindsey A ^a   DeGrush, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease (AD); Diagnosis; Gender differences; Learning; Logical memory; Normal elderly; Sex; Verbal episodic memory; Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS)

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 79960276508     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617711000452     Document Type: Article

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