Chunk #18 — Background — The objectives of the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936 study

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The Lothian Birth Cohort 1936: a study to examine influences on cognitive ageing from age 11 to age 70 and beyond.

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9. To amass a uniquely valuable resource (stored phenotypes and DNA) that will be available to other researchers in human cognitive ageing. As candidate genes for cognitive ageing emerge in the future this resource will be a key test bed.