Terminal decline in motor function

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 998-1007

  Wilson, Robert S ^a,b   Segawa, Eisuke ^a   Buchman, Aron S ^a   Boyle, Patricia A ^a,b   Hizel, Loren P ^a   Bennett, David A ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive decline; Mortality; Motor decline; Neuritic plaques; Neurofibrillary tangles

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MORTALITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84874465030     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028182     Document Type: Article

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