Cognitive activity and the cognitive morbidity of Alzheimer disease

Robert S. Wilson; Lisa L. Barnes; Neelum T. Aggarwal; P.A. Boyle; Liesi E. Hebert; Carlos F. Mendes de Leon; Denis A. Evans

doi:10.1212/wnl.0b013e3181f25b5e

Abstract

Mentally stimulating activity in old age appears to compress the cognitive morbidity associated with AD by slowing cognitive decline before dementia onset and hastening it thereafter.

Keywords

CognitionAlzheimer's diseaseDiseaseMedicinePsychologyPsychiatryPathology

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Rush University Medical Center US

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Year: 2010
Type: article
Volume: 75
Issue: 11
Pages: 990-996
Citations: 124
Access: Closed

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                                    Robert S. Wilson, 
                                
                                    Lisa L. Barnes, 
                                
                                    Neelum T. Aggarwal
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2010). 
                            Cognitive activity and the cognitive morbidity of Alzheimer disease. 
                            Neurology
                            , 75
                            (11)
                            , 990-996.
                            https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.0b013e3181f25b5e
                        

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DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0b013e3181f25b5e