Age-related differences in episodic memory: A synergistic contribution of genetic and physiological vascular risk factors

Neuropsychology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 442-450

  Bender, Andrew R ^a   Raz, Naftali ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; APOE; Blood pressure; Cognition; Genetics

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALLELE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; RECALL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASCULAR DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGING; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIET RESTRICTION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; BLOOD PRESSURE; FASTING; FEMALE; GENOMICS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871678437     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028669     Document Type: Article

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