Prefrontal cortex cytoarchitecture in normal aging and Alzheimer's disease: A relationship with IQ

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 217, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 797-808

  Van Veluw, Susanne J ^a,b   Sawyer, Eva K ^a,b   Clover, Linda ^a,b   Cousijn, Helena ^a,b   De Jager, Celeste ^a,b   Esiri, Margaret M ^a,b   Chance, Steven A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex; IQ; Mild cognitive impairment; Mini mental state examination; Minicolumns; Parahippocampal gyrus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN WEIGHT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; AGE; AGED; AMYLOID PLAQUE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEURONS; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PLAQUE, AMYLOID; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 84871201839     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-012-0381-x     Document Type: Article

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