Association between autonomic function, depressive symptoms, and cognitive function in cognitively normal older adults in U.S. POINTER trial
Hossam A Shaltout, Katelyn R Garcia, Laura D Baker, Heather M Snyder, Kathryn V Papp, Margie J Bailey, Tina E Brinkley · 2025
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Hossam Shaltout and co-authors explore, in a 2025 study, how mood, body control systems, and thinking hang together in healthy older adults. Low mood and faults in the automatic control of blood pressure and heart rate are both common in later life, yet their joint link to the mind was unclear.
The team studied 398 adults in a national lifestyle trial, with an average age of sixty-eight. Continuous heart and blood pressure records gave measures of automatic control. Members were sorted by mood scores and use of antidepressants. Comparing the groups shows whether low mood travels with weaker body control, which may in turn matter for guarding the aging brain.
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| CREATOR | Hossam A Shaltout, Katelyn R Garcia, Laura D Baker, Heather M Snyder, Kathryn V Papp, Margie J Bailey, Tina E Brinkley |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |