Neuropsychological test performance and cognitive reserve in healthy aging and the Alzheimer's disease spectrum: A theoretically driven factor analysis

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1071-1080

  Mitchell, Meghan B ^a,b,c   Shaughnessy, Lynn W ^c,d,e   Shirk, Steven D ^a,b   Yang, Frances M ^c,e,f   Atri, Alireza ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain reserve; Cognition; Dementia; Executive function; Memory function; Mild cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870184186     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617712000859     Document Type: Article

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