Faster cognitive decline in the years prior to MR imaging is associated with smaller hippocampal volumes in cognitively healthy older persons

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue JUN, 2013, Pages

  Fleischman, Debra A ^a,b   Yu, Lei ^a,b   Arfanakis, Konstantinos ^a,b,c   Han, S Duke ^a,b,d   Barnes, Lisa L ^a,b   Arvanitakis, Zoe ^a,b   Boyle, Patricia A ^a,b   Bennett, David A ^a,b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d VA LONG BEACH HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Hippocampal volume; Macrostructure; Mild cognitive impairment; Neuroimaging; Rush memory and aging project

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; DEMENTIA; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIPPOCAMPUS; HIPPOCAMPUS VOLUME; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; ORGAN SIZE; QUALITY CONTROL; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SENESCENCE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE; WORD LIST RECALL; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84883519043     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2013.00021     Document Type: Article

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