Higher education is not associated with greater cortical thickness in brain areas related to literacy or intelligence in normal aging or mild cognitive impairment

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 925-935

  Pillai, Jagan A ^a,b   Mcevoy, Linda K ^c   Hagler, Donald J ^c   Holland, Dominic ^b   Dale, Anders M ^b,c   Salmon, David P ^b   Galasko, Douglas ^a,b   Fennema Notestine, Christine ^c,d  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain reserve; Cortical thickness; Education; Hippocampal volume; Literacy; Mild cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868638190     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2012.702733     Document Type: Article

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