Cerebral small vessel disease, cognitive reserve and cognitive dysfunction

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 262, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2411-2419

  Pinter, Daniela ^a   Enzinger, Christian ^a   Fazekas, Franz ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aging of the brain; Cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD); Cognitive reserve; Successful aging; White matter changes; WMH

Indexed keywords

CADASIL; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE RESERVE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WHITE MATTER; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

CEREBRAL SMALL VESSEL DISEASES; COGNITION DISORDERS; COGNITIVE RESERVE; HUMANS;

EID: 84956783783     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-015-7776-6     Document Type: Review

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