Brain aging and APOE ε4 interact to reveal potential neuronal compensation in healthy older adults

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue MAR, 2018, Pages

  Scheller, Elisa ^a,b   Schumacher, Lena V ^a,b   Peter, Jessica ^a,c   Lahr, Jacob ^a,b   Wehrle, Julius ^a,d,e   Kaller, Christoph P ^a,b,d   Gaser, Christian ^f   Klöppel, Stefan ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^e GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^f JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; APOE; BrainAGE; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Moderator analysis; Multiple regression; Neuronal compensation; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 85044515982     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16634365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2018.00074     Document Type: Article

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