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Title:

Education attenuates the effect of medial temporal lobe atrophy on cognitive function in Alzheimer's disease: the MIRAGE study.

Document type:
Journal Article
Author(s):
Perneczky, R; Wagenpfeil, S; Lunetta, KL; Cupples, LA; Green, RC; Decarli, C; Farrer, LA; Kurz, A
Abstract:
Functional imaging and neuropathological studies suggest that individuals with higher education have better cognitive performance at the same level of brain pathology than less educated subjects. No in vivo studies are available that directly test how education modifies the effect of structural pathology on cognition in Alzheimer's disease (AD). The present study therefore aimed to measure this effect using data from a large multi-center study. 270 patients with AD underwent cognitive testing us...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
J Alzheimers Dis
Year:
2009
Journal volume:
17
Journal issue:
4
Pages contribution:
855-62
Language:
eng
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.3233/JAD-2009-1117
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19542606
Print-ISSN:
1387-2877
TUM Institution:
Institut für Medizinische Statistik und Epidemiologie; Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie
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