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Saccade latency delays in young apolipoprotein E (APOE) epsilon 4 carriers.
Behavioural brain research - 1 Nov 2018
Niechwiej-Szwedo Ewa, Tapper Anthony, Gonzalez David, Bradley Ryan M, Duncan Robin
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The apolipoprotein E (APOE) epsilon 4 isoform has been associated with a significantly greater risk of developing late onset Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, the negative effects of APOE-ε4 allele on cognitive function vary across the lifespan: reduced memory and executive function have been found in older individuals but, paradoxically, young APOE-ε4 carriers perform better on cognitive tests and show higher...
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