Brain size and the compensation of Alzheimer's disease symptoms: A longitudinal cohort study

Alzheimer's and Dementia

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 580-586

  Guo, Liang Hao ^a   Alexopoulos, Panagiotis ^a   Wagenpfeil, Stefan ^a   Kurz, Alexander ^a   Perneczky, Robert ^a,b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Faculty of Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein E; Atrophy; Brain reserve; Cognitive reserve; Dementia; Head circumference; Intracranial volume; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mild cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; ATROPHY; BRAIN RESERVE; COGNITIVE RESERVE; DEMENTIA; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; INTRACRANIAL VOLUME; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; COGNITIVE RESERVE; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 84883552052     PISSN: 15525260     EISSN: 15525279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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