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The effect of age and smoking on the hippocampus and memory in late middle age.
Hippocampus - 1 Nov 2018
Hawkins Keith A, Emadi Nazli, Pearlson Godfrey D, Taylor Beth, Khadka Sabin, King Diana, Blank Karen
Abstract excerpt
From middle age the hippocampus atrophies at an accelerating rate. Factors that further this acceleration may hasten memory decline and the onset of memory disorder. We studied associations between smoking history, age, ApoE e4 genotype, vascular risk factors, hippocampal volume, and cognition in 67 middle-aged subjects (mean age = 56 years) who were offspring of parents with dementia. Subjects underwent...
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