Education, atrophy and cognitive change in an epidemiological sample of early old age

Date

2009

Authors

Christensen, Helen
Batterham, Philip
Mackinnon, Andrew
Wen, Wei
Sachdev, Perminder Singh
Anstey, Kaarin

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Abstract

OBJECTIVES:: To examine one version of the brain reserve hypothesis in a community sample of young-old participants. The authors investigated whether atrophy and white matter hyperintensities (WMH) were associated with cognitive decline, and whether this

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Keywords: adult; article; brain atrophy; brain size; cognition; cognitive defect; community sample; educational status; female; follow up; groups by age; human; hypothesis; male; mental deterioration; neuropsychological test; questionnaire; senescence; white matter Atrophy; Brain reserve hypothesis; Education; Intracranial volume (ICV); White matter hyperintensities (WMH)

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/49557

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ANU Research Publications

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American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

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Journal article

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10.1097/JGP.0b013e3181961a84

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