Education modulates the impact of white matter lesions on the risk of mild cognitive impairment and dementia

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1336-1345

  Mortamais, Marion ^a,b   Portet, Florence ^a,c   Brickman, Adam M ^d   Provenzano, Frank A ^d   Muraskin, Jordan ^d   Akbaraly, Tasnime N ^a,b,e   Berr, Claudine ^a,b   Touchon, Jacques ^a,b   Bonafé, Alain ^b,c   Le Bars, Emmanuelle ^b,c   Menjot De Champfleur, Nicolas ^b,c   Maller, Jerome J ^f   Meslin, Chantal ^g   Sabatier, Robert ^b   Ritchie, Karen ^a,b,h   Artero, Sylvaine ^a,b  

^a Montpellier 1 University   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f CHRU Montpellier ^*  (Australia)

^g AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; cognitive reserve; cohort studies; dementia; magnetic resonance imaging; mild cognitive impairment; white matter lesions

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE RESERVE; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RISK; WHITE MATTER LESION; BRAIN; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEUROIMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; BRAIN; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROIMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; RISK FACTORS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84918811225     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2013.06.002     Document Type: Article

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