Functional activation imaging in aging and dementia

Prvulovic, David, Van de Ven, Vincent, Sack, Alexander T., Maurer, Konrad and Linden, David Edmund Johannes ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5638-9292 2005. Functional activation imaging in aging and dementia. Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging 140 (2) , pp. 97-113. 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2005.06.006

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Abstract

With life expectancy increasing continuously, the effects of neurodegeneration on brain function are a topic of ever increasing importance. Thus there is a need for tools and models that probe both the functional consequences of neurodegenerative processes and compensatory mechanisms that might occur. As neurodegenerative burden and compensatory mechanisms may change over time, these tools will ideally be applied multiple times over the lifespan. Specifically, in order to elucidate whether brain-activation patterns in Alzheimer's disease (AD) and in healthy aging follow general rules in the context of degeneration and compensation, it is necessary to compare functional brain-activation patterns during different states of neurodegeneration. This article integrates the findings of functional activation studies at different stages of neurodegeneration: in healthy aging, in subjects at high risk of developing dementia, in subjects with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and in patients suffering from AD. We review existing theoretical models that aim to explain the underlying mechanisms of functional activation changes in aging and dementia, and we propose an integrative account, which allows for different neural response patterns depending on the amount of neuronal damage and the recruitment of compensatory pathways.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine Psychology MRC Centre for Neuropsychiatric Genetics and Genomics (CNGG) Neuroscience and Mental Health Research Institute (NMHRI)
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Alzheimer's disease, Functional magnetic resonance imaging, Positron emission tomography, Cortical reserve capacity
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0925-4927
Last Modified:	20 Oct 2022 09:42
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/32870

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