Heritability of cognitive functions in families of successful cognitive aging probands from the central valley of Costa Rica

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 897-907

  Greenwood, Tiffany A ^a   Beeri, Michal S ^b,c   Schmeidler, James ^b   Valerio, Daniel ^d,e   Raventós, Henriette ^e   Mora Villalobos, Lara ^e   Camacho, Karla ^e   Carrión Baralt, José R ^f   Angelo, Gary ^b   Almasy, Laura ^g   Sano, Mary ^b,c   Silverman, Jeremy M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Hospital Nacional de Geriatria Y Gerontologia de Costa Rica   (Costa Rica)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO MEDICAL SCIENCES CAMPUS   (Puerto Rico)

^g SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Family studies; hispanic population; neuropsychological phenotype; oldest old; successful cognitive aging

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COSTA RICA; EDUCATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; WORD LIST RECALL;

EID: 84455162525     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2011-110782     Document Type: Article

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