Tag: Brain
PTSD Symptoms Linked to Higher Carotid Atherosclerosis in Women
PTSD symptoms linked to greater whole-brain white matter hyperintensity volume, poorer cognition in APOE ε4 carriers
Alterations in Functional Network Reorganization ID’d in Meniere Disease
Degree of functional connectivity lower in MD versus healthy controls in 19 brain areas, including somatomotor, auditory networks
Neighborhood Greenspace, Income Linked to White Matter Grade
Combination of lower neighborhood income and lower greenspace may be risk factor for worsening white matter grade on MRI
Retinal Capillary Perfusion Tied to Cerebral Small Vessel Disease in Black Patients
Significant correlations seen for worse information processing, fluid cognition, and MRI biomarkers
Recommendations Developed for Determining Brain Death
Updated recommendations integrate guidance for adults and children into a single guideline
Four Genetic Variants ID’d for Risk for Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy
All four risk variants were predicted to be deleterious and were located in two immune pathways
Risk for Intracerebral Hemorrhage May Be Transmissible Via Blood Transfusion
Risk was increased for those receiving transfusion from donors who later developed multiple spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhages
Shift Work Tied to Negative Impact on Cognitive Functioning
Exposure to night shift work associated with overall cognitive impairment compared with daytime work only
Duration of T2D Negatively Linked to Mean Cortical Thickness
Associations also seen for type 2 diabetes duration with reduced gray matter volume, increased white matter hyperintensity volume
Number of Teeth, Periodontitis in Older Adults Linked to Hippocampal Atrophy
Qualitative interaction seen between number of teeth present, mean periodontal probing depth for symmetric percentage change in left hippocampus
