Female advantage in verbal memory
Evidence of sex-specific cognitive reserve
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- Received April 18, 2016
- Accepted in final form July 14, 2016
- First Published October 5, 2016.
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Author Disclosures
- Erin E. Sundermann, PhD,
- Pauline M. Maki, PhD,
- Leah H. Rubin, PhD,
- Richard B. Lipton, MD,
- Susan Landau, PhD,
- Anat Biegon, PhD;
- For the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative
- Erin E. Sundermann, PhD,
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Travel award from the Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) to present at the AAIC 2015 annual meeting
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Fees for consulting on neurocognitive test administration from the Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS)
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My time from 3/2013 to 7/16 is supported by funding for the Einstein Aging Study: National Institute on Aging Grant AG003949, AG026728, TL1RR000087, T32-GM007288, the Leonard and Sylvia Marx Foundation, and the Czap Foundation.
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The Leonard and Sylvia Marx Foundation and the Czap Foundation
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- Pauline M. Maki, PhD,
(1) Pfizer (2) Abbott (3) Noven
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(1) Abbott, consultant honorarium (2) Noven, consultant honorarium (3) North American Menopause Society, travel compensation (4) Creative and Novel Ideas in HIV Research, International AIDS Society and NIH, travel compensation (5) Women's Brain Health Initiative, speaking honorarium and travel compensation (6) Society for Women's Health Research, travel compensation
Editorial Board Member, Menopause, 2009-present
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(1) Abbott (2) Noven
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(1) Member of the Board of Trustees of the North American Menopause Society
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(1) NIMH 1 R01 MH083782-01A1, Principal Investigator, 2009-2014 (2) NIAID 2U01 AI034993-15, Investigator, 2009- 2018 (3) AI 1 P30AI082151-01, Investigator, 2009-2014 (4) NICHD 1K12HD055892-01, Program Director, 2010-2016 (5) NIMH 1R21 MH099978 01A1, Co-Investigator, 2013-2015 (6) NIDA 5 R01 DA012828-12, Co-Investigator, 2013-2017
(1) University of Illinois at Chicago, Chancellor's Discovery Fund, 2013-2015
(1) International AIDS Society and the NIH Creative and Novel Ideas in HIV Research
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- Leah H. Rubin, PhD,
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NIMH: 1K01MH098798-01
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- Richard B. Lipton, MD,
Allergan, e-Neura, Merck
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Serve as consultant, advisory board member or received honoraria from: Alder, Allergan, American Headache Society, Autonomic Technologies, Avanir, Boehringer- Ingelheim, Boston Scientific, Bristol Myers Squibb, CoLucid, Dr. Reddys, Electrocore, Eli Lilly, eNeura Therapeutics, Informa, Merck, Novartis, Pfizer, Teva, Vedanta
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Wolff's Headache, 8th Edition, Oxford University Press; Informa
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Serve as consultant, advisory board member or received honoraria from: Alder, Allergan, American Headache Society, Amgen, Autonomic Technologies, Avanir, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Boston Scientific, Bristol Myers Squibb, CoLucid, Dr. Reddys, Electrocore, Eli Lilly, eNeura Therapeutics, Merck, Novartis, Pfizer, Teva, Vedanta.
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Bristol Myers Squibb Early Detection of Alzheimer's Disease June 2010 - present Vedanta Research Migraine epidemiology and Progression June 2010 - present Boston Scientific Occipital Nerve Stimulation in Migraine March 2013 - present ElectroCore Vagal Nerve Stimulation for Migraine and Cluster May 2013 Novartis Sleep and Migraine September 2012 - present Allergan Botox in Migraine April 2012 - present Allergan Chronic Migraine Epidemiology and Outcome Study January 2012 - present
P01 AG03949 4/1/11-3/31/16 Einstein Aging Study Role: Principle Investigator 1KL2RR025749 07/01/09-06/30/13 Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Research Career Development Award Role: Primary Mentor R01AG022374 8/1/10-7/31/15 Biomarkers in Early Alzheimer?s Disease Role: Investigator R01AG034119 8/1/10-7/31/15 Two Preclinical Latent Scores to Predict Occurrence of DAT Role: PI, Einstein Site R01AG012101 9/15/10-7/31/15 MRI Progression Markers of Cognitive Decline in the Elderly Role: PI, Einstein Site 1R01AG039409-01 Stress, Unconstructive Repetitive Thought & Cognitive Aging 4/1/11-3/31/16 Role: PI, Einstein Site 1R01AG038651-01A1 Role of impaired cognitive states & risk factors in conversion to mixed dementias 9/1/11-8/31/16 Role: PI, Einstein Site 1U10NS077308- 01 9/30/11-8/31/18 Einstein Center for Excellence for Clinical Trials in Neuroscience Role: PI NIH 4/1/12-3/31/17 Behavioral Weight Loss as a Treatment for Migraine in Obese Women Role: Investigator NIH 1R01AG042595 - 01A1 Stress, cognition, repetitive unconstructive thoughts and inflammatory markers Role: Investigator
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S & L Marx Foundation Alzheimer's Research
eNeura Pharma
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Oxford University Press; Baxter Publishing
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- Susan Landau, PhD,
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(1) Janssen/J&J Research & Dev, speaking honoraria and travel fees (2) Mount Sinai Medical Center, travel fees
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Consulting work for Biogen Idec, Synarc
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(1) National Institutes of Health Grant U01 AG024904 Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative (ADNI) (2) W81XWH-12-2-0012 DOD ADNI
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- Anat Biegon, PhD;
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1. NIH 1R01CA195506-01 (Cohen&Biegon MPI) 5/19/2015-5/18/2017 2. NIH 1R21CA179425-01 (Cohen and Biegon, co-PIs) 9/19/2014-9/18/2016 3. NIH 1R21DA032858 (MPI: Hildebrandt, Biegon) 2/1/12- 1/31/16
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- For the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative
- From the Einstein Aging Study and the Department of Neurology (E.E.S., R.B.L.), Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY; Department of Psychiatry (P.M.M., L.H.R.), University of Illinois at Chicago; Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute (S.L.), University of California, Berkeley; and Department of Neurology (A.B.), State University of New York, Stony Brook.
- Correspondence to Dr. Sundermann: erin.sundermann{at}einstein.yu.edu
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