Neurological abnormalities and neurocognitive functions in healthy elder people: A structural equation modeling analysis

Behavioral and Brain Functions

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Chan, Raymond C K ^a   Xu, Ting ^a,b   Li, Hui Jie ^a   Zhao, Qing ^a,b   Liu, Han Hui ^c   Wang, Yi ^a,b   Yan, Chao ^a,b   Cao, Xiao Yan ^a,b   Wang, Yu Na ^a,b   Shi, Yan Fang ^a   Dazzan, Paola ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chinese; Elderly; Neurocognitive impairments; Neurological soft signs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 81155158865     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17449081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-9081-7-32     Document Type: Article

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