APOE ε4 and Cognitive Function in Early Life: A meta-analysis

Neuropsychology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 267-277

  Ihle, Andreas ^a   Bunce, David ^b   Kliegel, Matthias ^a,c  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein E Cognitive performance Executive processes Antagonistic pleiotropy Metaanalysis; Antagonistic pleiotropy; Apolipoprotein E; Cognitive performance; Executive processes; Metaanalysis

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; EFFECT SIZE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MEMORY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; GENETICS; META ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84865435092     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026769     Document Type: Article

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