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@article{Kremen2006, abstract = {The Vietnam Era Twin Study of Aging (VETSA) is a large-scale investigation of cognitive aging from middle to later age. The intended sample of 1440 twin subjects is recruited from the Vietnam Era Twin Registry (VETR), a registry of middle-aged male-male twin pairs who both served in the military during the Vietnam conflict (1965-1975). VETSA employs a multitrait multimethod approach to cognitive assessment to focus on the genetic and environmental contributions to cognitive processes over time, as well as the relative contributions to cognitive aging from health, social, personality, and other contextual factors. The cognitive domains of episodic memory, working memory, abstract reasoning, and inhibitory executive functioning are assessed through neuropsychological testing. In addition, VETSA obtains the participant's score on the Armed Forces Qualification Test, taken at the time of induction into the military around age 20 years, and re-administers the test. Two other projects--VETSA Cortisol and VETSA Magnetic Resonance Imaging--are also in progress using subsamples of the VETSA twins. Prior waves of data collection by VETSA investigators using the VETR have provided historical data on physical and mental health, while future waves of VETSA data collection are planned every 5 years. These methods will provide data on multiple phenotypes in the same individuals with regard to genetic and environmental contributions to cognitive functioning over time, personality and interpersonal risk and protective factors, stress and cortisol regulation, and structural brain correlates of aging processes.}, author = {Kremen, William S. and Thompson-Brenner, Heather and Leung, Yat-Ming M. and Grant, Michael D. and Franz, Carol E. and Eisen, Seth A. and Jacobson, Kristen C. and Boake, Corwin and Lyons, Michael J.}, citeulike-article-id = {1038314}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1375/183242706779462750}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/aap/twg/2006/00000009/00000006/art00052}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17254445}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=17254445}, doi = {10.1375/183242706779462750}, issn = {1832-4274}, journal = {Twin research and human genetics : the official journal of the International Society for Twin Studies}, keywords = {aging, cognition, cortisol, environment, genes, health, longitudinal, males, memory, personality, social, twins}, month = {December}, number = {6}, pages = {1009--1022}, posted-at = {2009-08-20 12:06:17}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Australian Academic Press}, title = {Genes, environment, and time: the Vietnam Era Twin Study of Aging (VETSA).}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1375/183242706779462750}, volume = {9}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - Kremen2006 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1038314 N2 - The Vietnam Era Twin Study of Aging (VETSA) is a large-scale investigation of cognitive aging from middle to later age. The intended sample of 1440 twin subjects is recruited from the Vietnam Era Twin Registry (VETR), a registry of middle-aged male-male twin pairs who both served in the military during the Vietnam conflict (1965-1975). VETSA employs a multitrait multimethod approach to cognitive assessment to focus on the genetic and environmental contributions to cognitive processes over time, as well as the relative contributions to cognitive aging from health, social, personality, and other contextual factors. The cognitive domains of episodic memory, working memory, abstract reasoning, and inhibitory executive functioning are assessed through neuropsychological testing. In addition, VETSA obtains the participant's score on the Armed Forces Qualification Test, taken at the time of induction into the military around age 20 years, and re-administers the test. Two other projects--VETSA Cortisol and VETSA Magnetic Resonance Imaging--are also in progress using subsamples of the VETSA twins. Prior waves of data collection by VETSA investigators using the VETR have provided historical data on physical and mental health, while future waves of VETSA data collection are planned every 5 years. These methods will provide data on multiple phenotypes in the same individuals with regard to genetic and environmental contributions to cognitive functioning over time, personality and interpersonal risk and protective factors, stress and cortisol regulation, and structural brain correlates of aging processes. IS - 6 JF - Twin research and human genetics : the official journal of the International Society for Twin Studies SN - 1832-4274 EP - 1022 TI - Genes, environment, and time: the Vietnam Era Twin Study of Aging (VETSA). PB - Australian Academic Press VL - 9 SP - 1009 KW - aging KW - cognition KW - cortisol KW - environment KW - genes KW - health KW - longitudinal KW - males KW - memory KW - personality KW - social KW - twins AU - Kremen, William AU - Thompson-Brenner, Heather AU - Leung, Yat-Ming AU - Grant, Michael AU - Franz, Carol AU - Eisen, Seth AU - Jacobson, Kristen AU - Boake, Corwin AU - Lyons, Michael PY - 2006/12// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1375/183242706779462750 ER -