Timing of lifespan influences on brain and cognition

KB Walhovd, M Lövden, AM Fjell - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2023 - cell.com
Modifiable risk and protective factors for boosting brain and cognitive development and
preventing neurodegeneration and cognitive decline are embraced in neuroimaging …

The multifactorial nature of healthy brain ageing: Brain changes, functional decline and protective factors

S Turrini, B Wong, M Eldaief, DZ Press… - Ageing Research …, 2023 - Elsevier
As the global population faces a progressive shift towards a higher median age,
understanding the mechanisms underlying healthy brain ageing has become of paramount …

Educational attainment, structural brain reserve and Alzheimer's disease: a Mendelian randomization analysis

A Seyedsalehi, V Warrier, RAI Bethlehem, BI Perry… - Brain, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Higher educational attainment is observationally associated with lower risk of Alzheimer's
disease. However, the biological mechanisms underpinning this association remain unclear …

Long-term prognosis and educational determinants of brain network decline in older adult individuals

MY Chan, L Han, CA Carreno, Z Zhang, RM Rodriguez… - Nature aging, 2021 - nature.com
Older adults with lower education are at greater risk for dementia. It is unclear which brain
changes lead to these outcomes. Longitudinal imaging-based measures of brain structure …

Cognitive aging and the life course: A new look at the Scaffolding Theory

PA Reuter-Lorenz, DC Park - Current Opinion in Psychology, 2024 - Elsevier
Our understanding of human neurocognitive aging, its developmental roots, and life course
influences has been transformed by brain imaging technologies, increasing availability of …

[HTML][HTML] The older population is more cognitively able than in the past and age-related deficits in cognition are diminishing over time

SP Badham - Developmental Review, 2024 - Elsevier
Increased lifespan in the population was historically driven by reductions in infant mortality
but is now driven by reduced mortality in older adults. Research is beginning to show …

Beyond “use it or lose it”: The impact of engagement on cognitive aging

EAL Stine-Morrow, IE Manavbasi - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Biologically based senescence processes and cumulative opportunities for experience
collectively give rise to profound changes in cognition in later adulthood, the trajectories of …

No phenotypic or genotypic evidence for a link between sleep duration and brain atrophy

AM Fjell, Ø Sørensen, Y Wang, IK Amlien… - Nature Human …, 2023 - nature.com
Short sleep is held to cause poorer brain health, but is short sleep associated with higher
rates of brain structural decline? Analysing 8,153 longitudinal MRIs from 3,893 healthy …

Medial temporal lobe subregional atrophy in aging and Alzheimer's disease: A longitudinal study

L Chauveau, E Kuhn, C Palix, F Felisatti… - Frontiers in aging …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Medial temporal lobe (MTL) atrophy is a key feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD), however, it
also occurs in typical aging. To enhance the clinical utility of this biomarker, we need to …

The neurobiology of life course socioeconomic conditions and associated cognitive performance in middle to late adulthood

S Schrempft, O Trofimova, M Künzi… - Journal of …, 2024 - jneurosci.org
Despite major advances, our understanding of the neurobiology of life course
socioeconomic conditions is still scarce. This study aimed to provide insight into the …