Characterizing healthy samples for studies of human cognitive aging

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue SEP, 2012, Pages

  Geldmacher, David S ^a   Levin, Bonnie E ^b   Wright, Clinton B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive aging; Research methods; Sample heterogeneity; Screening instruments; Subject selection

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOOD DISORDER; PUBLIC HEALTH; RACE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SCREENING;

EID: 84870540274     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2012.00023     Document Type: Review

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