Cognitive plasticity in normal and pathological aging

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages 15-25

  Fernández Ballesteros, Rocío ^a   Botella, Juan ^a   Zamarrón, María Dolores ^a   Molina, María Ángeles ^a   Cabras, Emilia ^a   Schettini, Rocío ^a   Tárraga, Lluis ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b ACE Foundation   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Cognitive modifiability; Cognitive plasticity; Learning age; Mild cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84857078866     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S27008     Document Type: Article

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