The Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience (Cam-CAN) study protocol: A cross-sectional, lifespan, multidisciplinary examination of healthy cognitive ageing

BMC Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Shafto, Meredith A ^a,c   Tyler, Lorraine K ^a,c   Dixon, Marie ^a,c   Taylor, Jason R ^b,c   Rowe, James B ^a,c,d   Cusack, Rhodri ^c,e   Calder, Andrew J ^c   Marslen Wilson, William D ^a,c   Duncan, John ^c,f   Dalgleish, Tim ^c   Henson, Richard N ^c   Brayne, Carol ^c,g   Bullmore, Ed ^c   Campbell, Karen ^c   Cheung, Teresa ^c   Davis, Simon ^c   Geerligs, Linda ^c   Kievit, Rogier ^c   McCarrey, Anna ^c   Price, Darren ^c   Samu, David ^c   Treder, Matthias ^c   Tsvetanov, Kamen ^c   Williams, Nitin ^c   Bates, Lauren ^c   Emery, Tina ^c   Erzinçlioglu, Sharon ^c   Gadie, Andrew ^c   Gerbase, Sofia ^c   Georgieva, Stanimira ^c   Hanley, Claire ^c   Parkin, Beth ^c   Troy, David ^c   Allen, Jodie ^c   Amery, Gillian ^c   Amunts, Liana ^c   Barcroft, Anne ^c   Castle, Amanda ^c   Dias, Cheryl ^c   Dowrick, Jonathan ^c   Fair, Melissa ^c   Fisher, Hayley ^c   Goulding, Anna ^c   Grewal, Adarsh ^c   Hale, Geoff ^c   Hilton, Andrew ^c   Johnson, Frances ^c   Johnston, Patricia ^c   Kavanagh Williamson, Thea ^c   Kwasniewska, Magdalena ^c   McMinn, Alison ^c   Norman, Kim ^c   Penrose, Jessica ^c   Roby, Fiona ^c   Rowland, Diane ^c   Sargeant, John ^c   Squire, Maggie ^c   Stevens, Beth ^c   Stoddart, Aldabra ^c   Stone, Cheryl ^c   Thompson, Tracy ^c   Yazlik, Ozlem ^c   Barnes, Dan ^c   Hillman, Jaya ^c   Mitchell, Joanne ^c   Villis, Laura ^c   Matthews, Fiona E ^c,g   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain ageing; Brain imaging; Brain networks; Cognition; Epidemiology; Functional MRI; Healthy ageing; Lifespan; Magnetoencephalography; Structural MRI

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE AGING; COGNITIVE FUNCTION TEST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMOTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COGNITIVE AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; UNITED KINGDOM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84989313913     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12883-014-0204-1     Document Type: Article

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