Normal cognitive aging

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 737-752

  Harada, Caroline N ^a   Natelson Love, Marissa C ^b   Triebel, Kristen L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Dementia; Mild cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYLOID PLAQUE; ATTENTION; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE RESERVE; DEMENTIA; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DRIVING ABILITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MEMORY; MENTAL TASK; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RESPONSE TIME; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER LESION;

AGING; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; BRAIN; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MEMORY; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84884764839     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: 18798853     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2013.07.002     Document Type: Review

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