Blood pressure, brain structure, and cognition: Opposite associations in men and women

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 225-231

  Cherbuin, Nicolas ^a   Mortby, Moyra E ^a   Janke, Andrew L ^b   Sachdev, Perminder S ^c,d   Abhayaratna, Walter P ^e   Anstey, Kaarin J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; brain structure; cognitive function; epidemiology; hypertension; mean arterial pressure; sex

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; BRAIN; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; LINGUAL GYRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PARIETAL LOBE; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRECUNEUS; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; UNCUS; WHITE MATTER; AUSTRALIA; COGNITION DISORDERS; IMAGE PROCESSING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORGAN SIZE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84922504054     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpu120     Document Type: Article

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