AD pathology and cerebral infarctions are associated with memory and executive functioning one and five years before death

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 24-34

  Yang, Frances M ^a,b   Grigorenko, Alexander ^b,c   Tommet, Doug ^b   Farias, Sarah T ^d   Mungas, Dan ^d   Bennett, David A ^e   Jones, Richard N ^a,b   Crane, Paul K ^f  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cerebrovascular disease; Latent variable models; Neuropathology; Neuropsychological measures

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALGORITHM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE COURSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 84876121807     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2012.740001     Document Type: Article

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