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Description:: Episodic memory provides a means by which we are able to reflect on the past, make decisions about the future, and form a learned identity. Even subtle changes to our memory can have a detrimental impact on our daily lives. Memory declines as we age, and clinically salient impairment is...
Keyword:: aging, hippocampus, transcranial magnetic stimulation, precision, recollection, and human memory
Subject:: Cognitive psychology, Aging, and Neurosciences
Creator:: Nilakantan, Aneesha S
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 02/12/2020
Date Created:: 2018-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: etdadmin_upload_674620 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:14737

Description:: Mitochondrial complex I is the primary entry point for electrons into the mitochondrial electron transport chain that is composed of 45 individual protein subunits that are encoded in both the nuclear and mitochondrial genomes. Mitochondrial complex I sits at an important nexus in the essential bioenergetic, biosynthetic, and signaling functions...
Keyword:: NDI1, NDUFS2, NDUFS4, Mitochondria, Leigh Syndrome, and Metabolism
Subject:: Biology, Aging, and Neurosciences
Creator:: McElroy, Gregory Scott
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 02/01/2021
Date Created:: 2020-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: etdadmin_upload_746970 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15152

Description:: Background: Cancer-related cognitive impairment (CRCI) is among the most frequently reported adverse events during and following cancer treatment. Between 17% to 75% of chemotherapy-treated cancer patients evidence long-term cognitive deficits as many as 20 years after treatment. The variability in prevalence and the mechanisms of persistent CRCI are not well...
Keyword:: mild cognitive impairment, ADNI, Cancer-related cognitive impairment, cancer, Alzheimer's disease, and Aging
Subject:: Oncology, Clinical psychology, and Aging
Creator:: Eastman, Jennifer Ann
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 02/01/2021
Date Created:: 2019-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: etdadmin_upload_677366 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:14756

Description:: ``Hazy decisions: The effect of dementia on medical decision-making'' \\ I estimate the causal effect of having dementia on the course of treatment for unrelated diseases by leveraging differences in the relative time of onset of dementia and the other condition in a difference-in-differences event-study framework. To demonstrate this approach...
Keyword:: dementia, advance care planning, Alzheimer's disease, and medical procedure codes
Subject:: Economics, Health sciences, and Aging
Creator:: Paluszynska, Aleksandra Joanna
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 05/31/2023
Date Created:: 2023-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: etdadmin_upload_982106 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:16498

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