Open AccessCognitive Resilience to Alzheimer’s Disease Pathology in the Human Brain
Author(s) -
Erin J. Aiello Bowles,
Paul K. Crane,
Rod Walker,
Jessica Chubak,
Andrea Z. LaCroix,
Melissa L. Anderson,
Dori E. Rosenberg,
C. Dirk Keene,
Eric B. Larson
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of alzheimer's disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.677
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1875-8908
pISSN - 1387-2877
DOI - 10.3233/jad-180942
Subject(s) - neuropathology , dementia , cognition , odds ratio , hippocampal sclerosis , medicine , alzheimer's disease , cognitive reserve , psychology , logistic regression , gerontology , disease , clinical psychology , pathology , psychiatry , temporal lobe , epilepsy
Past research has focused on risk factors for developing dementia, with increasing recognition of "resilient" people who live to old age with intact cognitive function despite pathological features of Alzheimer's disease (AD).