Basal forebrain cholinergic system volume is associated with general cognitive ability in the elderly

Basal forebrain cholinergic system volume is associated with general cognitive ability in the elderly

Objective: At the present, it is unclear whether association of basal forebrain cholinergic system (BFCS) volume with cognitive performance exists in healthy as well as in cognitively impaired elderly subjects. Whereas one small study reported an association of BFCS volume with general cognitive abi...

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Main Authors: Borchers, F. (Author), Feinkohl, I. (Author), Hendrikse, J. (Author), Kant, I.M.J (Author), Kozma, P. (Author), Lammers, F. (Author), Pischon, T. (Author), Slooter, A.J.C (Author), Spies, C. (Author), The BioCog consortium (Author), van Montfort, S.J.T (Author), Winterer, G. (Author), Zaborszky, L. (Author), Zacharias, N. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd 2018
Subjects:
age distribution
aged
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
aging
Article
atrophy
Atrophy
basal forebrain
Basal Forebrain
brain size
cholinergic system
cognition
Cognition
cognitive aging
Cognitive Aging
cognitive defect
Cognitive Dysfunction
cohort analysis
controlled study
dementia
diagnostic imaging
female
Female
healthy aging
Healthy Aging
human
Humans
image processing
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
male
Male
mental performance
Mini Mental State Examination
motor performance
Motor Skills
multicenter study
neuropsychological test
nuclear magnetic resonance imaging
organ size
Organ Size
pathology
prospective study
reaction time
Reaction Time
scoring system
sex difference
very elderly
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