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Brain white matter tract integrity as a neural foundation for general intelligence by Penke, L, Maniega, S Muñoz, Bastin, M E, Valdés Hernández, M C, Murray, C, Royle, N A, Starr, J M, Wardlaw, J M, Deary, I J

“…General intelligence is a robust predictor of important life outcomes, including educational and occupational attainment, successfully managing everyday life…”
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APOE E4 status predicts age-related cognitive decline in the ninth decade: longitudinal follow-up of the Lothian Birth Cohort 1921 by Schiepers, O J G, Harris, S E, Gow, A J, Pattie, A, Brett, C E, Starr, J M, Deary, I J

“…Carriers of the APOE E4 allele have an increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. However, it is less clear whether APOE E4 status may also be involved…”
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Increased blood–brain barrier permeability in type II diabetes demonstrated by gadolinium magnetic resonance imaging by Starr, J M, Wardlaw, J, Ferguson, K, MacLullich, A, Deary, I J, Marshall, I

“…Objectives: Patients with type II diabetes are at increased risk of cognitive impairment. The retinal and renal complications of diabetes follow microvascular…”
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Childhood cognitive ability accounts for associations between cognitive ability and brain cortical thickness in old age by Karama, S, Bastin, M E, Murray, C, Royle, N A, Penke, L, Muñoz Maniega, S, Gow, A J, Corley, J, Valdés Hernández, MdelC, Lewis, J D, Rousseau, M-É, Lepage, C, Fonov, V, Collins, D L, Booth, T, Rioux, P, Sherif, T, Adalat, R, Starr, J M, Evans, A C, Wardlaw, J M, Deary, I J

“…Associations between brain cortical tissue volume and cognitive function in old age are frequently interpreted as suggesting that preservation of cortical…”
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White matter integrity and cognition in childhood and old age by DEARY, I. J, BASTIN, M. E, PATTIE, A, CLAYDEN, J. D, WHALLEY, L. J, STARR, J. M, WARDLAW, J. M

“…To test the hypothesis that white matter integrity, as measured by diffusion tensor and magnetization transfer MRI is significantly associated with cognitive…”
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Molecular genetic evidence for overlap between general cognitive ability and risk for schizophrenia: a report from the Cognitive Genomics consorTium (COGENT) by Lencz, T, Knowles, E, Davies, G, Guha, S, Liewald, D C, Starr, J M, Djurovic, S, Melle, I, Sundet, K, Christoforou, A, Reinvang, I, Mukherjee, S, DeRosse, Pamela, Lundervold, A, Steen, V M, John, M, Espeseth, T, Räikkönen, K, Widen, E, Palotie, A, Eriksson, J G, Giegling, I, Konte, B, Ikeda, M, Roussos, P, Giakoumaki, S, Burdick, K E, Payton, A, Ollier, W, Horan, M, Donohoe, G, Morris, D, Corvin, A, Gill, M, Pendleton, N, Iwata, N, Darvasi, A, Bitsios, P, Rujescu, D, Lahti, J, Hellard, S L, Keller, M C, Andreassen, O A, Deary, I J, Glahn, D C, Malhotra, A K

“…It has long been recognized that generalized deficits in cognitive ability represent a core component of schizophrenia (SCZ), evident before full illness onset…”
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Effects of between-person differences and within-person changes in symptoms of anxiety and depression on older age cognitive performance by Laukka, E J, Dykiert, D, Allerhand, M, Starr, J M, Deary, I J

“…Anxiety and depression are both important correlates of cognitive function. However, longitudinal studies investigating how they covary with cognition within…”
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The brain-derived neurotrophic factor Val66Met polymorphism is associated with age-related change in reasoning skills by HARRIS, S. E, FOX, H, WRIGHT, A. F, HAYWARD, C, STARR, J. M, WHALLEY, L. J, DEARY, I. J

“…A polymorphism (Val66Met) in the gene encoding brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) has previously been associated with impaired hippocampal function and…”
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Neuroticism, depressive symptoms and white-matter integrity in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 by McIntosh, A M, Bastin, M E, Luciano, M, Maniega, S Muñoz, Del C Valdés Hernández, M, Royle, N A, Hall, J, Murray, C, Lawrie, S M, Starr, J M, Wardlaw, J M, Deary, I J

“…Clinical depression is associated with reductions in white-matter integrity in several long tracts of the brain. The extent to which these findings are…”
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Factors associated with symptoms of anxiety and depression in five cohorts of community-based older people: the HALCyon (Healthy Ageing across the Life Course) Programme by Gale, C R, Sayer, A Aihie, Cooper, C, Dennison, E M, Starr, J M, Whalley, L J, Gallacher, J E, Ben-Shlomo, Y, Kuh, D, Hardy, R, Craig, L, Deary, I J

“…Symptoms of anxiety and depression are common in older people, but the relative importance of factors operating in early and later life in influencing risk is…”
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Antioxidant and B vitamin intake in relation to cognitive function in later life in the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 by McNeill, G, Jia, X, Whalley, L J, Fox, H C, Corley, J, Gow, A J, Brett, C E, Starr, J M, Deary, I J

“…Background/Objectives: Cross-sectional and longitudinal studies provide some evidence for an association between intake of antioxidants and B vitamins, and…”
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Childhood mental ability and dementia by WHALLEY, L. J, STARR, J. M, ATHAWES, R, HUNTER, D, PATTIE, A, DEARY, I. J

“…To examine links between childhood mental ability and dementia using data from a 1932 survey of the mental ability of the 1921 Scottish birth cohort. Patients…”
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Pronunciation of irregular words is preserved in dementia, validating premorbid IQ estimation by MCGURN, B, STARR, J. M, TOPFER, J. A, PATTIE, A, WHITEMAN, M. C, LEMMON, H. A, WHALLEY, L. J, DEARY, I. J

“…The National Adult Reading Test (NART), used to estimate premorbid mental ability, involves pronunciation of irregular words. The authors demonstrate that,…”
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Enlarged perivascular spaces are associated with cognitive function in healthy elderly men by MacLullich, A M J, Wardlaw, J M, Ferguson, K J, Starr, J M, Seckl, J R, Deary, I J

“…Objectives: Increased white matter (WM) lesions on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are associated with worse cognitive function in older people. Enlarged…”
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Replication study of candidate genes for cognitive abilities: the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 by Houlihan, L. M., Harris, S. E., Luciano, M., Gow, A. J., Starr, J. M., Visscher, P. M., Deary, I. J.

“…As the proportion of older people in societies has increased, research into the determinants of cognitive ageing has risen in importance. Genetic influences…”
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Intracranial capacity and brain volumes are associated with cognition in healthy elderly men by MACLULLICH, A. M. J, FERGUSON, K. J, DEARY, I. J, SECKL, J. R, STARR, J. M, WARDLAW, J. M

“…Brain size and intracranial capacity are correlated with cognitive performance in young healthy adults, but data are lacking on these relationships in older…”
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Childhood IQ and cardiovascular disease in adulthood: prospective observational study linking the Scottish Mental Survey 1932 and the Midspan studies by Hart, C.L., Taylor, M.D., Smith, G.Davey, Whalley, L.J., Starr, J.M., Hole, D.J., Wilson, V., Deary, I.J.

“…This study investigated the influence of childhood IQ on the relationships between risk factors and cardiovascular disease (CVD), coronary heart disease (CHD)…”
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Association between genotype at an exonic SNP in DISC1 and normal cognitive aging by Thomson, P.A., Harris, S.E., Starr, J.M., Whalley, L.J., Porteous, D.J., Deary, I.J.

“…DISC1 is expressed in the hippocampus and has been identified as a possible genetic risk factor for both schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. These psychiatric…”
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Brain age predicts mortality by Cole, J H, Ritchie, S J, Bastin, M E, Valdés Hernández, M C, Muñoz Maniega, S, Royle, N, Corley, J, Pattie, A, Harris, S E, Zhang, Q, Wray, N R, Redmond, P, Marioni, R E, Starr, J M, Cox, S R, Wardlaw, J M, Sharp, D J, Deary, I J

“…Age-associated disease and disability are placing a growing burden on society. However, ageing does not affect people uniformly. Hence, markers of the…”
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Variability of pyrethroid concentrations on hard surface kitchen flooring in occupied housing by Starr, J. M., Graham, S. E., Li, W., Gemma, A. A., Morgan, M. K.

“…Pyrethroids are a class of neurotoxic insecticides, and some studies have used single‐time wiping of hard surface flooring to estimate indoor pyrethroid…”
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