Does cognitive function increase over time in the healthy elderly?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  De Rotrou, Jocelyne ^a,b   Wu, Ya Huei ^a,b   Mabire, Jean Bernard ^a,c   Moulin, Florence ^a,b   De Jong, Laura W ^d   Rigaud, Anne Sophie ^a,b   Hanon, Olivier ^a,b   Vidal, Jean Sébastien ^a,b  

^a Paris Descartes University   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FRANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; SCORING SYSTEM; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84892914246     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078646     Document Type: Article

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