Recent publications on Aging & Brain Health

Uhlmann RF, Larson EB. Effect of education on the mini-mental state examination as a screening test for dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1991;39(9):876-80. PubMed

Schellenberg GD, Anderson L, O'dahl S, Wisjman EM, Sadovnick AD, Ball MJ, Larson EB, Kukull WA, Martin GM, Roses AD, et al. APP717, APP693, and PRIP gene mutations are rare in Alzheimer disease. Am J Hum Genet. 1991;49(3):511-7. PubMed

Schaie KW, Dutta R, Willis SL. Relationship between rigidity-flexibility and cognitive abilities in adulthood. Psychol Aging. 1991;6(3):371-83. PubMed

Larson EB. Commentary on article by Lederle FA, et al: Cost effective treatment of constipation in the elderly: A randomized double-blind comparison of sorbitol and lactulose. ACP J Club (Sep/Oct), Ann Int Med 1991;114:66. PubMed

Psaty BM, Cheadle A, Curry S, McKenna T, Koepsell TD, Wickizer T, VonKorff M, Diehr P, Perrin EB, Wagner EH. Sampling elderly in the community: a comparison of commercial telemarketing lists and random-digit dialing techniques for assessing health behaviors and health status. Am J Epidemiol. 1991;134(1):96-106. PubMed

Larson EB. Geriatric medicine. JAMA. 1991;265(23):3125-6. PubMed

LaCroix AZ, Lang J, Scherr P, Wallace RB, Cornoni-Huntley J, Berkman L, Curb JD, Evans D, Hennekens CH. Smoking and mortality among older men and women in three communities. N Engl J Med. 1991;324(23):1619-25. PubMed

Strogatz DS, Keenan NL, Barnett EM, Wagner EH. Correlates of postural hypotension in a community sample of elderly blacks and whites. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1991;39(6):562-6. PubMed

Larson EB. Exercise, functional decline and frailty. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1991;39(6):635-6. PubMed

Edwards JK, Larson EB, Hughes JP, Kukull WA. Are there clinical and epidemiological differences between familial and non-familial Alzheimer's disease? J Am Geriatr Soc. 1991;39(5):477-83. PubMed

Guralnik JM, LaCroix AZ, Branch LG, Kasl SV, Wallace RB. Morbidity and disability in older persons in the years prior to death. Am J Public Health. 1991;81(4):443-7. PubMed

Scholes D, LaCroix AZ, Wagner EH, Grothaus LC, Hecht JA. Tracking progress toward national health objectives in the elderly: what do restricted activity days signify? Am J Public Health. 1991;81(4):485-8. PubMed

Uhlmann RF, Larson EB, Koepsell TD, Rees TS, Duckert LG. Visual impairment and cognitive dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease. J Gen Intern Med. 1991;6(2):126-32. PubMed

Koepsell TD, Martin DM, Diehr PK, Psaty BM, Wagner EH, Perrin EB, Cheadle A. Data analysis and sample size issues in evaluations of community-based health promotion and disease prevention programs: a mixed-model analysis of variance approach. J Clin Epidemiol. 1991;44(7):701-13. PubMed

McCormick WC, Larson EB. Dementia. In Diagnostic Strategies for Common Medical Problems, edited by Panzer RJ, Black ER, Griner PF, Philadelphia, American College of Physicians, 499-509, 1991. PubMed

Larson EB. Commentary on article by Eagle DJ, et al: Effectiveness of a geriatric day hospital. ACP J Club (Sep/Oct), Ann Int Med . 1991;114:40. PubMed

Drachman DA, Friedland RP, Larson EB, Williams ME. Making sure it’s really Alzheimer’s. Patient Care. 1991;25:13-43. PubMed

Larson EB. Commentary on article by Siu AL: Screening for dementia. Abstracts of Clin Care Guidelines. 1991;3:4-7. PubMed

Kukull WA, Larson EB, Teri L, Bowen J, McCormick W. The mini-mental state exam as a screening test in symptomatic elderly outpatients. Clin Res. 1991;39:348A. PubMed

McCormick WC, Larson EB. Pragmatism and probabilities in dementia. Hosp Pract (Off Ed). 1990;25(12):93-100, 103-6, 113-4. PubMed