Greater memory impairment in dementing females than males relative to sex-matched healthy controls

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 527-533

  Gale, Shawn D ^a   Baxter, Leslie ^b   Thompson, Juliann ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Dementia; Memory; Mild cognitiveimpairment; Sex

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPLICATION; DEMENTIA; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, EPISODIC; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 84961058706     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2015.1132298     Document Type: Article

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