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APOE moderates compensatory recruitment of neuronal resources during working memory processing in healthy older adults.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Aug 2017
Scheller Elisa, Peter Jessica, Schumacher Lena V, Lahr Jacob, Mader Irina, Kaller Christoph P, Klöppel Stefan
Abstract excerpt
The APOE ε4 allele increases the risk for sporadic Alzheimer's disease and modifies brain activation patterns of numerous cognitive domains. We assessed cognitively intact older adults with a letter n-back task to determine if previously observed increases in ε4 carriers' working-memory-related brain activation are compensatory such that they serve to maintain working memory function. Using multiple regression...
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