Maximum (prior) brain size, not atrophy, correlates with cognition in community-dwelling older people: a cross-sectional neuroimaging study

BACKGROUND: Brain size is associated with cognitive ability in adulthood (correlation ~ .3), but few studies have investigated the relationship in normal ageing, particularly beyond age 75 years. With age both brain size and fluid-type intelligence decline, and regional atrophy is often suggested as...

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Autores principales: Shenkin, Susan D, Rivers, Carly S, Deary, Ian J, Starr, John M, Wardlaw, Joanna M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2678272/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19341481
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-9-12

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2678272/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19341481
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-9-12

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