SENSORY AND MOTOR FUNCTIONS IMPROVE LONG-TERM PREDICTIONS OF NEURODEGENERATION AND COGNITIVE DECLINE
Natascha Merten, Adam Paulsen, Richard Chappell, Yanjun Chen, Luigi Ferrucci, Laura Hancock, Sterling Johnson, Carla Schubert · 2023
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Natascha Merten and co-authors test whether midlife senses and movement sharpen forecasts of brain decline decades on. Their 2023 study follows more than fifteen hundred adults from a long family health study, with a mean age near fifty at the start. A blood marker of nerve harm was read at three points over ten years. Hearing, sight, smell, and motor skills were scored at the start, beside two stock risk scores for brain decline.
Adding sense and motor scores lifted the forecast of nerve harm past either stock score alone. Like gains showed for steep thought decline and for impairment calls. The authors argue that cheap sense and motor checks, taken in midlife, carry long-range news about the brain.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Natascha Merten, Adam Paulsen, Richard Chappell, Yanjun Chen, Luigi Ferrucci, Laura Hancock, Sterling Johnson, Carla Schubert |
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| YEAR | 2023 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |