Brain morphology links systemic inflammation to cognitive function in midlife adults

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 195-204

  Marsland, Anna L ^a   Gianaros, Peter J ^a   Kuan, Dora C H ^a   Sheu, Lei K ^a   Krajina, Katarina ^a   Manuck, Stephen B ^a  

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

Author keywords

Brain atrophy; C reactive protein; Cognitive aging; Cognitive decline; Gray matter volume; Inflammation; Interleukin 6

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN SIZE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE AGING; CORTICAL SURFACE AREA; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENDER; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFLAMMATION; LEARNING; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; SURFACE AREA; THINKING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOLUNTEER; WHITE MATTER; BLOOD; BRAIN; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; BRAIN; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORGAN SIZE;

EID: 84942990663     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2015.03.015     Document Type: Article

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