Microstructural white matter properties mediate the association between APOE and perceptual speed in very old persons without dementia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Laukka, Erika J ^a   Lövdén, Martin ^a   Kalpouzos, Grégoria ^a   Papenberg, Goran ^a   Keller, Lina ^a,b   Graff, Caroline ^b,c   Li, Tie Qiang ^c   Fratiglioni, Laura ^a,d   Bäckman, Lars ^a,d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM GERONTOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4;

ADULT; AGED; APOE GENE; ARTICLE; BOOTSTRAPPING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CINGULATE GYRUS; CINGULUM CINGULATE GYRUS; CINGULUM HIPPOCAMPUS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FORCEPS MAJOR; FORCEPS MINOR; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMAGE ACQUISITION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN DIFFUSIVITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCIPITOFRONTAL FASCICULUS; PATHOGENESIS; PERCEPTUAL SPEED; POPULATION RESEARCH; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SUPERIOR LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS; VERY ELDERLY; WHITE MATTER; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PERCEPTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; DEMENTIA; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERCEPTION; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84942117849     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134766     Document Type: Article

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