What is normal in normal aging? Effects of aging, amyloid and Alzheimer's disease on the cerebral cortex and the hippocampus

AM Fjell, L McEvoy, D Holland, AM Dale… - Progress in …, 2014 - Elsevier
What can be expected in normal aging, and where does normal aging stop and pathological
neurodegeneration begin? With the slow progression of age-related dementias such as …

Injured brains and adaptive networks: the benefits and costs of hyperconnectivity

FG Hillary, JH Grafman - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2017 - cell.com
A common finding in human functional brain-imaging studies is that damage to neural
systems paradoxically results in enhanced functional connectivity between network regions …

Segregation of functional networks is associated with cognitive resilience in Alzheimer's disease

M Ewers, Y Luan, L Frontzkowski, J Neitzel, A Rubinski… - Brain, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Cognitive resilience is an important modulating factor of cognitive decline in Alzheimer's
disease, but the functional brain mechanisms that support cognitive resilience remain …

The impact of bilingualism on brain reserve and metabolic connectivity in Alzheimer's dementia

D Perani, M Farsad, T Ballarini… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Cognitive reserve (CR) prevents cognitive decline and delays neurodegeneration. Recent
epidemiological evidence suggests that lifelong bilingualism may act as CR delaying the …

Synaptic plasticity shapes brain connectivity: implications for network topology

M Stampanoni Bassi, E Iezzi, L Gilio… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Studies of brain network connectivity improved understanding on brain changes and
adaptation in response to different pathologies. Synaptic plasticity, the ability of neurons to …

Four distinct subtypes of Alzheimer's disease based on resting-state connectivity biomarkers

P Chen, H Yao, BM Tijms, P Wang, D Wang, C Song… - Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder with significant
heterogeneity. Different AD phenotypes may be associated with specific brain network …

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 …

Lifelong bilingualism contributes to cognitive reserve against white matter integrity declines in aging

BT Gold, NF Johnson, DK Powell - Neuropsychologia, 2013 - Elsevier
Recent evidence suggests that lifelong bilingualism may contribute to cognitive reserve (CR)
in normal aging. However, there is currently no neuroimaging evidence to suggest that …

Relationships between sleep quality and brain volume, metabolism, and amyloid deposition in late adulthood

P Branger, EM Arenaza-Urquijo, C Tomadesso… - Neurobiology of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Recent studies in mouse models of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and in humans suggest that
sleep disruption and amyloid-beta (Aβ) accumulation are interrelated, and may, thus …

[HTML][HTML] The positive impacts of early-life education on cognition, leisure activity, and brain structure in healthy aging

Y Chen, C Lv, X Li, J Zhang, K Chen, Z Liu, H Li… - Aging (Albany …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Education in people's early lives are positively related to their cognitive function, but its
modulating effects on detailed cognition domains, its interaction with leisure activities and …