Impact of cerebral white matter changes on functionality in older adults: An overview of the LADIS Study results and future directions

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 15, Issue , 2015, Pages 10-16

  Pantoni, Leonardo ^a   Fierini, Fabio ^a   Poggesi, Anna ^a   LADIS Study Group, ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cognitive decline; Depression; Disability; Small vessel disease; White matter changes

Indexed keywords

AGING; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN TISSUE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEPRESSION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MARKER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GAIT DISORDER; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOM; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER CHANGE; AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FITNESS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEUKOARAIOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84949752522     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12665     Document Type: Review

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