Association between cognitive function and body composition in community-dwelling older women [PDF]
In the current global aging society, attempts should be made to help limit future health problems by promoting the effective maintenance of cognitive function among the aged.
Masatoshi TAKEDA +10 more
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Exercise and Cognitive Function [PDF]
Cognitive function is associated with longevity and is of critical importance for optimal daily functioning [...]
Paul D. Loprinzi, Ashley Lovorn
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Smoking, childhood IQ and cognitive function in old age [PDF]
Objectives: To examine the association between smoking history and cognitive function in old age, and whether it remains after controlling for childhood cognitive ability (IQ) and adult socioeconomic status (SES).Methods: In the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936
Corley, Janie +4 more
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Association between cognitive decline and decreased serum osteocalcin levels in community-dwelling older people [PDF]
Many reports show that low bone mineral density and osteoporosis are associated with cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease in older women. In addition, bone-related substances such as osteocalcin (OC) and insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1 ...
Masatoshi TAKEDA +9 more
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DHA supplementation alone or in combination with other nutrients does not modulate cerebral hemodynamics or cognitive function in healthy older adults [PDF]
A number of recent trials have demonstrated positive effects of dietary supplementation with the omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFAs), docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) on measures of cognitive function in healthy ...
Kennedy, David O +16 more
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Association of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide with cognitive function and depression in elderly people with type 2 diabetes [PDF]
<p>Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with risk of congestive heart failure (CHF), cognitive dysfunction and depression. CHF itself is linked both to poor cognition and depression.
Deary, Ian J. +25 more
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Cognitive conjunction and cognitive functions
We argue that conjunction analysis does not solve the problems with subtraction analyses that it sets out to solve and that it has additional problems of its own. We argue that detailed analyses of the tasks set to identify cognitive functions are required for both conjunction and subtraction analyses to achieve their goals of localizing cognitive ...
David Caplan, Lauren Moo
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Cognitive function measured with the Revised Hasegawa’s Dementia Scale among elderly individuals in Lao PDR [PDF]
2019-05In Lao PDR, measurement of cognitive function has rarely been conducted among elderly individuals. This study aimed to investigate the cognitive function among elderly individuals who lived at their homes with family in Lao PDR.
Xayavong, Syda +9 more
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Masticatory function and cognitive function
Recent studies have suggest that masticatory (chewing) function is useful for maintaining neurocognitive function in the elderly. For example, a reduced ability to masticate, such as that resulting from toothlessness or soft-diet feeding, causes learning and memory deficits in aged animals and pathologic changes in the hippocampus.
KUBO, Kin-ya +8 more
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Sex and cognition: gender and cognitive functions [PDF]
Gender stereotypes hold that males outperform females in mathematics and spatial tests, and females outperform males on verbal tests. According to meta-analyses, however, among both children and adults, females perform equally to males on mathematics assessments.
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