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Positive age beliefs protect against dementia even among elders with high-risk gene

One of the strongest risk factors for dementia is the ε4 variant of the APOE gene. Yet, many who carry it never develop dementia. The current study examined for the first time whether positive age beliefs that are acquired from the culture may reduce the risk of developing dementia among older indiv...

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Autores principales: Levy, Becca R., Slade, Martin D., Pietrzak, Robert H., Ferrucci, Luigi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5802444/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29414991
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0191004