Age-related slowing in cognitive processing speed is associated with myelin integrity in a very healthy elderly sample

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1059-1068

  Lu, Po H ^a   Lee, Grace J ^a   Raven, Erika P ^a   Tingus, Kathleen ^a   Khoo, Theresa ^a   Thompson, Paul M ^a   Bartzokis, George ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cognition; Dementia; Healthy aging; Information processing speed; Magnetic resonance imaging; Myelin; White matter

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; MYELINATED NERVE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84855771063     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2011.595397     Document Type: Article

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