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- Title
Rates of Cortical Atrophy in Adults 80 Years and Older With Superior vs Average Episodic Memory.
- Authors
Cook, Amanda H.; Sridhar, Jaiashre; Ohm, Daniel; Mesulam, M.-Marsel; Weintraub, Sandra; Rogalski, Emily; Rademaker, Alfred
- Abstract
The article focuses on older adults with thicker brain cortex, and cortical atrophy rates. It discusses Northwestern University's study including older people with good episodic memory ability named SuperAgers as against average elderly adults. It also talks about a rare cognitive phenotype found in SuperAgers.
- Subjects
CEREBRAL cortex; COGNITION; LONGITUDINAL method; MEMORY; ATROPHY
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2017, Vol 317, Issue 13, p1373
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
letter
- DOI
10.1001/jama.2017.0627