Preventing cognitive decline in healthy older adults

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 185, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 881-885

  Naqvi, Raza ^a   Liberman, Dan ^a   Rosenberg, Jarred ^a   Alston, Jillian ^a   Straus, Sharon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CANDESARTAN; CELECOXIB; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; DONEPEZIL; ESTROGEN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; MEMANTINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NAPROXEN; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PLACEBO; PRASTERONE; PYRIDOXINE; TESTOSTERONE;

AGING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEMENTIA; DRUG EFFICACY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GINKGO BILOBA; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MEMORY DISORDER; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPROTECTION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; REVIEW; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84880024916     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.121448     Document Type: Review

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