Maintained memory in aging is associated with young epigenetic age

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 55, Issue , 2017, Pages 167-171

  Degerman, Sofie ^a   Josefsson, Maria ^a   Nordin Adolfsson, Annelie ^a   Wennstedt, Sigrid ^a   Landfors, Mattias ^a   Haider, Zahra ^a   Pudas, Sara ^a,b   Hultdin, Magnus ^a   Nyberg, Lars ^a,b   Adolfsson, Rolf ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; Dementia; DNA methylation; Epigenetic age; Episodic memory; Longitudinal study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETIC AGE; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; AGED; COGNITION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 85014853314     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2017.02.009     Document Type: Article

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