Both odor identification and ApoE-ε4 contribute to normative cognitive aging

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 872-883

  Finkel, Deborah ^a   Reynolds, Chandra A ^b   Larsson, Maria ^c   Gatz, Margaret ^d,e   Pedersen, Nancy L ^d,e  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTHEAST   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ApoE; Cognitive aging; Latent growth curve model; Longitudinal; Odor identification

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; OLFACTORY CORTEX; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMELLING; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; VELOCITY; VERBALIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALLELES; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; COGNITION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ODORS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEMANTICS; SMELL;

EID: 82955190501     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0023371     Document Type: Article

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