Neurodegenerative basis of age-related cognitive decline

Abstract

Mild age-related decline in cognitive function is mainly due to the neuropathologic lesions traditionally associated with dementia.

Keywords

Cognitive declineDementiaCognitionPsychologyAutopsyDiseaseDementia with Lewy bodiesNeuroscienceMedicinePathology

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Rush University Medical Center US

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Year: 2010
Type: article
Volume: 75
Issue: 12
Pages: 1070-1078
Citations: 212
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                                    R. J. Wilson, 
                                
                                    Sue E. Leurgans, 
                                
                                    P.A. Boyle
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2010). 
                            Neurodegenerative basis of age-related cognitive decline. 
                            Neurology
                            , 75
                            (12)
                            , 1070-1078.
                            https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.0b013e3181f39adc
                        

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DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0b013e3181f39adc