Brain pathology contributes to simultaneous change in physical frailty and cognition in old age

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1536-1544

  Buchman, Aron S ^a,b   Yu, Lei ^a,b   Wilson, Robert S ^a,b   Boyle, Patricia A ^a,b   Schneider, Julie A ^a,b   Bennett, David A ^a,b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Brain pathology; Cognition; Physical frailty

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; BRAIN; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84908255872     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glu117     Document Type: Article

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