Effects of Alcohol Consumption on Cognition and Regional Brain Volumes Among Older Adults

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 364-374

  Downer, Brian ^a   Jiang, Yang ^b   Zanjani, Faika ^c   Fardo, David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; alcohol consumption; brain volume; cognition; episodic memory; hippocampus

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SENESCENCE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BEER; BRAIN; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECTS; PHYSIOLOGY; WINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BEER; BRAIN; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MIDDLE AGED; WINE;

EID: 84930518890     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: 19382731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1533317514549411     Document Type: Article

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