Concurrent and longitudinal relationships between cognitive activity, cognitive performance, and brain volume in older adult women

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 826-836

  Vaughan, Leslie ^a   Erickson, Kirk I ^b   Espeland, Mark A ^a   Smith, J Carson ^c   Tindle, Hilary A ^b   Rapp, Stephen R ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Cognitive activity; Longitudinal change; MRI; SEM.

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 84911414817     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbu109     Document Type: Article

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