Clinical trials: New opportunities

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 67 A, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 773-780

  Chapman, Sandra Bond ^a   Cotman, Carl W ^b   Fillit, Howard M ^c   Gallagher, Michela ^d   Van Dyck, Christopher H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Alzheimers Drug Discovery Foundation   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimers; Clinical trial; Cognition; Cognitive aging

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

GUANFACINE;

AGING; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COGNITIVE DEFECT; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COGNITION DISORDERS; GUANFACINE; HUMANS; MIND-BODY THERAPIES;

EID: 84863640622     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/gls126     Document Type: Article

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