Brain reserve and dementia: a systematic review
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- 6 October 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Psychological Medicine
- Vol. 36 (4) , 441-454
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291705006264
Abstract
Background. Behavioural brain reserve is a property of the central nervous system related to sustained and complex mental activity which can lead to differential expression of brain injury. Behavioural brain reserve has been assessed using autobiographical data such as education levels, occupational complexity and mentally stimulating lifestyle pursuits. So far there have been several epidemiological reports but no systematic review to put conflicting results into context. Our aim was to quantitatively review evidence for the effect of brain reserve on incident dementia.Keywords
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