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Centenarians who avoid dementia.

Trends in neurosciences - 1 Oct 2004

Perls Thomas

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Some researchers and many in the lay public believe the ageist myth that the older you get the sicker you get. If this were true, it would follow that most if not all centenarians should have Alzheimer's disease. Numerous centenarian studies disprove this assumption given that a small percentage ( approximately 15-25%) of centenarians are functionally cognitively intact. Among those who are not cognitively intact...

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PMID: 15374676
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2004.07.012

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