Cognitive decline is mediated by gray matter changes during middle age

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1086-1094

  Ferreira, Daniel ^a,b   Molina, Yaiza ^a   Machado, Alejandra ^a   Westman, Eric ^b   Wahlund, Lars Olof ^b   Nieto, Antonieta ^a   Correia, Rut ^a   Junqué, Carme ^c,d   Díaz Flores, Lucio ^e   Barroso, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bootstrapping analyses; Cognitive decline; Early aging; Gray matter changes; Hierarchical regression analyses; Mediation effect; Middle age

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING ANALYSES; COGNITIVE DECLINE; EARLY AGING; GRAY MATTER CHANGES; HIERARCHICAL REGRESSION ANALYSES; MEDIATION EFFECT; MIDDLE AGE;

ADULT; AGING; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84893733501     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2013.10.095     Document Type: Article

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