Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 567-577 , April 2010

Odor identification impairment in carriers of ApoE-ɛ4 is independent of clinical dementia

  • Jonas K. Olofsson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
    • Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
    • Stockholm Brain Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Present address: Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden. Tel.: +46 8 163834; fax: +46 8 159342.
    • ,
  • Steven Nordin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
    • Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, USA
    • ,
  • Stefan Wiens

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
    • Stockholm Brain Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
    • ,
  • Margareta Hedner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
    • Stockholm Brain Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
    • ,
  • Lars-Göran Nilsson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
    • Stockholm Brain Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
    • ,
  • Maria Larsson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
    • Stockholm Brain Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

Received 24 October 2007 ,Revised 7 May 2008 ,Accepted 20 May 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2008.05.019

Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 31, Issue 4 , Pages 567-577 , April 2010

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