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The role of adolescent IQ and gender in the use of cognitive support for remembering in agingThomas Fritsch
University Memory and Aging Center, Department of Neurology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44120, USA
Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn 14:394-416. 2007..Men with a lower AIQ appear to be particularly vulnerable to memory deficits in aging. This may be due to low "cognitive reserve" or generally poorer episodic memory function...- Use of live theater to increase minority participation in Alzheimer disease researchThomas Fritsch
University Memory and Aging Center, University Hospitals of Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44120, USA
Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 20:105-11. 2006..An explanatory model is offered to account for our findings... - Participation in novelty-seeking leisure activities and Alzheimer's diseaseThomas Fritsch
University Memory and Aging Center, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals of Cleveland, Ohio 44120, USA
J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 18:134-41. 2005..We conclude that participation in a variety of mental activities across the life span may lower one's chances of developing AD... - Associations between dementia/mild cognitive impairment and cognitive performance and activity levels in youthThomas Fritsch
University Memory and Aging Center, University Hospitals of Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44120, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 53:1191-6. 2005..quot; Early neuropathology and ascertainment bias are also possible explanations for the observed associations... - The relationships between television viewing in midlife and the development of Alzheimer's disease in a case-control studyHeather A Lindstrom
University Memory and Aging Center, Case Western Reserve University, USA
Brain Cogn 58:157-65. 2005.... - Height and Alzheimer's disease: findings from a case-control studyGrace J Petot
Department of Nutrition, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
J Alzheimers Dis 11:337-41. 2007..03). For women without an APOE epsilon4 allele, increasing height was associated with lower risk for AD (OR=0.88; p=0.01) but no significant association was found for women with at least one epsilon4 allele (OR=1.03; p=0.56)... - Alzheimer's disease and smoking: bias in cohort studiesSara M Debanne
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106 4945, USA
J Alzheimers Dis 11:313-21. 2007..The speculation that the conflicting results of case-control and cohort studies are solely due to the increased mortality in smokers thus appears unjustified. Other factors must also be considered to explain the discrepancy in results... - A randomized pilot clinical trial of the safety of pioglitazone in treatment of patients with Alzheimer diseaseDavid S Geldmacher
Department of Neurology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, USA
Arch Neurol 68:45-50. 2011..To evaluate the safety of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma agonist pioglitazone in nondiabetic patients with Alzheimer disease (AD) and to explore treatment effect sizes on clinical outcomes... - Mental health and diurnal salivary cortisol patterns among African American and European American female dementia family caregiversT J McCallum
Department of Psychology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 14:684-93. 2006..African Americans had flatter slopes than the European Americans sampled, regardless of caregiving status. Findings highlight the role of cultural beliefs and of ethnicity in explaining cortisol function... - Effects of educational attainment and occupational status on cognitive and functional decline in persons with Alzheimer-type dementiaThomas Fritsch
University Memory and Aging Center, University Hospitals of Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44120, USA
Int Psychogeriatr 14:347-63. 2002..Thus, the protective effects of reserve may be established early in life, before people enter the workforce... - Factor structure of the CERAD neuropsychological batteryMilton E Strauss
Department of Psychology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 10:559-65. 2004..Characterization of patterns of deficits in AD requires supplementation of measures derived from the CERAD and MMSE with other tests... - Development of a scale to predict decline in patients with mild Alzheimer's diseaseConcepcion E Santillan
University Memory and Aging Center, University Hospitals of Cleveland, and Department of Neurology, Case Western Reserve University, Ohio 44120, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 51:91-5. 2003..To develop a scale that can assist in predicting likelihood of decline from mild dementia over 1 year in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD)... - Cognitive functioning in healthy aging: the role of reserve and lifestyle factors early in lifeThomas Fritsch
Center on Age and Community, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, PO Box 413, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA
Gerontologist 47:307-22. 2007.... - Pragmatic and internal validity issues in sampling in caregiver studies: a comparison of population-based, registry-based, and ancillary studiesLisa Fredman
Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02118, USA
J Aging Health 16:175-203. 2004..The latter studies benefited from unbiased selection of noncaregivers. DISCUSSION: Regardless of sampling frame, standard task-based inclusion criteria to define caregivers may enhance validity... - Everyday problem solving in African Americans and European Americans with Alzheimer's disease: an exploratory studyDanielle N Ripich
College of Health Professions, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425, USA
Int Psychogeriatr 14:83-95. 2002..Thus, assessments such as TOPS that examine everyday problem solving may be a useful nonbiased evaluation tool for persons with AD in these two ethnic groups...