Multiple biological pathways link cognitive lifestyle to protection from dementia

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 783-791

  Valenzuela, Michael J ^a   Matthews, Fiona E ^b   Brayne, Carol ^b   Ince, Paul ^c   Halliday, Glenda ^a,d   Kril, Jillian J ^d   Dalton, Marshall A ^a,d   Richardson, Kathryn ^b   Forster, Gill ^c   Sachdev, Perminder S ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cortical thickness; dementia; mental activity; neuronal density; neuropathology; protective factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE LIFESTYLE SCORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPROTECTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NEURONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84859492874     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2011.07.036     Document Type: Article

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