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P1‐525: AMYLOID AGGREGATION IS ASSOCIATED WITH DECLINE ON DIGIT SPAN BACKWARD IN COGNITIVELY NORMAL ELDERLY MONOZYGOTIC TWINS
Author(s) -
Tomassen Jori,
Braber Anouk,
Konijnenberg Elles,
Kate Mara,
Mulder Sandra D.,
Teunissen Charlotte E.,
Boomsma Dorret I.,
Scheltens Philip,
Visser Pieter Jelle
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2018.06.536
Subject(s) - twin study , monozygotic twin , memory span , cognition , psychology , cognitive decline , audiology , developmental psychology , dementia , medicine , working memory , heritability , disease , biology , genetics , psychiatry
Figure 1. Association baseline CSF Ab42/40 ratio and Digit Span Backwards. Jori Tomassen, Anouk den Braber, Elles Konijnenberg, Mara ten Kate, Sandra D. Mulder, Charlotte E. Teunissen, Dorret I. Boomsma, Philip Scheltens, Pieter Jelle Visser, Alzheimer Center and Department of Neurology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Department of Biological Psychology, VU University, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Neurochemistry Laboratory and Biobank, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Amsterdam Neuroscience, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Alzheimer Center Limburg, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands. Contact e-mail: j.tomassen@vumc.nl