Religious Factors and Hippocampal Atrophy in Late Life

Amy D. Owen; R. David Hayward; Harold G. Koenig; David C. Steffens; Martha E. Payne

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0017006

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Religious Factors and Hippocampal Atrophy in Late Life

Amy D. Owen,

Affiliation Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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R. David Hayward ,

* E-mail: david.hayward@duke.edu

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Neuropsychiatric Imaging Research Laboratory, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Harold G. Koenig,

Affiliations Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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David C. Steffens,

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Martha E. Payne

Affiliations Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Neuropsychiatric Imaging Research Laboratory, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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Religious Factors and Hippocampal Atrophy in Late Life

Amy D. Owen,
R. David Hayward,
Harold G. Koenig,
David C. Steffens,
Martha E. Payne

Published: March 30, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0017006

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