Efficiency, capacity, compensation, maintenance, plasticity: Emerging concepts in cognitive reserve

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 502-509

  Barulli, Daniel ^a   Stern, Yaakov ^a  

^a Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Cognitive reserve; Epidemiology; Imaging

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN PATHOLOGIES; COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS; COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE; COGNITIVE RESERVES; NEURAL IMPLEMENTATIONS;

AGING OF MATERIALS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

BRAIN;

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE RESERVE; COMPENSATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEMENTIA; DETERIORATION; FACE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LIFESPAN; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRODUCTIVITY; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SOCIAL STATUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

AGING; ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; COGNITIVE RESERVE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMAGING;

BRAIN; COGNITION; COGNITIVE RESERVE; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 84884416134     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2013.08.012     Document Type: Review

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