Exceptional memory performance in the Long Life Family Study

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2445-2448

  Barral, Sandra ^a   Cosentino, Stephanie ^a   Costa, Rosann ^a   Andersen, Stacey L ^b   Christensen, Kaare ^c   Eckfeldt, John H ^d,e   Newman, Anne B ^f   Perls, Thomas T ^b   Province, Michael A ^g   Hadley, Evan C ^h   Rossi, Winifred K ^h   Mayeux, Richard ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Exceptional memory; Genetic variants; Long Life Family Study; Quantitative trait

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOPHENOTYPE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPISODIC MEMORY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONG LIFE FAMILY STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TYPES OF STUDY;

EXCEPTIONAL MEMORY; GENETIC VARIANTS; LONG LIFE FAMILY STUDY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84881547194     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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