Impact of social isolation on grey matter structure and cognitive functions: A population-based longitudinal neuroimaging study

Social isolation contributes to human brain atrophy and cognitive decline, indicating an opportunity to reduce dementia risk by promoting social networks.

#Neuroscience #Brain #Neurology #NeurologicalDiseases #NeurodegenerativeDiseases #Neurodegeneration #Alzheimer
#CognitiveDecline #CognitiveDysfunction #Dementia #Hippocampus #Neuroimaging #NeuroImage #SocialIsolation #SocialBond
#Biomedicine #Health

https://elifesciences.org/articles/83660

Social Bonds Protect Aging Brains

Social isolation can potentially harm brain structure and cognitive performance, suggesting an increased risk of conditions like Alzheimer’s dementia.
A lack of quality social interaction can lead to a decrease in the hippocampus’s volume, crucial for memory formation and retrieval, and poorer cognitive performance.

#Neuroscience #Brain #Neurology #NeurologicalDiseases #NeurodegenerativeDiseases #Neurodegeneration #Alzheimer
#CognitiveDecline #CognitiveDysfunction #Dementia #Hippocampus #Neuroimaging #NeuroImage #SocialIsolation #SocialBond
#Biomedicine #Health

https://neurosciencenews.com/social-aging-neuroscience-brain-23505/

Running throughout Middle-Age Keeps Old Adult-Born Neurons Wired

Long-term running maintains the wiring of “old” new neurons, born during early adulthood, within a network that is important for memory function during aging in mice.

#Neuroscience #Brain #Neurology #NeurologicalDiseases #NeurodegenerativeDiseases #Neurodegeneration #Neurogenesis #Neuron #BrainAging #Aging #MemoryLoss #CognitiveDecline #CognitiveDysfunction #PhysicalActivity #PhysicalExercise #Running

https://www.eneuro.org/content/10/5/ENEURO.0084-23.2023

Running Rewires the Aging Brain: Exercise Protects Memory Function

Physical activity, particularly running, has been found to rewire aging brains, helping to preserve memory functions.
Long-term running keeps older neurons wired, potentially preventing age-related memory loss and neurodegeneration.

#Neuroscience #Brain #Neurology #NeurologicalDiseases #NeurodegenerativeDiseases #Neurodegeneration #Neurogenesis #Neuron #BrainAging #Aging #MemoryLoss #CognitiveDecline #CognitiveDysfunction #PhysicalActivity #PhysicalExercise #Running

https://neurosciencenews.com/running-neurogenesis-aging-23339/

Imaging Study Implicates Reactive Astrocyte-Neuron Interaction in Alzheimer’s Cognitive Decline

PET imaging with 11C-acetate and 18F-FDG was used to visualize the reactive astrocyte-induced acetate hypermetabolism and associated neuronal glucose hypometabolism in brains with neuroinflammation and Alzheimer’s Disease.

#Neuroscience #Brain #Neurology #NeurologicalDiseases #NeurodegenerativeDiseases #Neurodegeneration #Astrocyte #Neuron #Alzheimer #BrainImaging #Neuroimaging #NeuroMetabolism #AcetateHypermetabolism #GlucoseHypometabolism #NeuroInflammation #CognitiveDecline #CognitiveDysfunction

https://www.genengnews.com/topics/drug-discovery/imaging-study-implicates-neuron-interaction-in-ad-alzheimers-cognitive-decline/

#Covid19 #CognitiveDysfunction #pwDementia

"In addition to finding that that all subtypes of dementia, irrespective of patients’ previous dementia types, behaved like rapidly progressive dementia following COVID-19, the team of investigators found that the line of demarcation between different types of dementia became remarkably blurry post-COVID-19."

https://neurosciencenews.com/covid-19-dementia-22938/

#CognitiveDysfunction #Myalgicencephalomyelitis #LongCovid #chronicillness

"For me, looking back at my life with mild ME/CFS and mild brain fog, I had many cognitive issues. The most stark of which was a pretty severe loss of long and short term memory. It was as if my past was starting to be wiped clean, I simply could not access my memories and was often drawing a blank when people referred to experiences we had together; I couldn’t remember them at all."

https://www.whitneydafoe.com/mecfs/?post=what-does-brain-fog-feel-like

I self censor A LOT of my thoughts on here. I may want to reply but it can be very hard to know what to say that would be helpful, and kind, and also strike the right tone.

That's why I often just click the star (favourite) button and don't reply. At least then folks know that their comment was seen and appreciated.

#PwME #MEcfs #CognitiveDysfunction #BrainFog

RT @Tinu@twitter.com

If you love a person know in pain you should read this.

#ChronicPain
#ExecutiveDysfunction
#CognitiveDysfunction
#BrainFog https://twitter.com/apainprincess/status/1619687556056059904

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Tinu/status/1619691142706262018

@PanickedFoodie Congrats on doing injections! I hope they help. I gave myself B12 injections for 2+ years (mid 1990s, can't remember exact dates). Not sure whether they helped me but they didn't hurt anything.

Back to the topic, I'm sure there are many things that I can't remember now but I'm proud I was able to make a mastodon account. Then I even managed to transfer my account to #Disabled Social without too much trouble!

#NewYearWeekend #2022LookBack #CognitiveDysfunction #BrainFog

My other half bought some extra Christmas lights today and hung them up in the living room on a really flashy setting while I was picking up my eldest from school.

I've pretty much been sitting right in front of them for 4 hours and I've only just noticed them ... 🤦‍♀️

#BrainFog #MECFS #CognitiveDysfunction

@ninahatfield My nephew (when he was much younger) once saw one of my task lists that included things like "brush teeth." So he asked me why I had to include them.😬

I was embarrassed, but I was able to have an age appropriate conversation about cognitive dysfunction/brain fog.

#BrainFog #CognitiveDysfunction #MEcfs #PwME

Multimodal neuroimaging in post-COVID syndrome and correlation with cognition.

Post-COVID syndrome patients presented persistent structural and functional brain abnormalities in cortical, limbic and cerebellar areas 11 months after the acute infection. These changes are associated with cognitive dysfunction and contribute to a better understanding of the pathophysiology of the post-COVID syndrome.

#Neuroscience #Neurology #Neuroimaging #COVID #Post-COVID #Brain #Cerebrum #Hippocampus #Cerebellum #CognitiveDysfunction #Coronavirus

https://academic.oup.com/brain/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/brain/awac384/6775147

Okay, here is an introduction post:

Hi! I am an educator in a public school in the USA.
I enjoy tea, (decaf) coffee, cardio (when my body lets me), and carbs.
I mask with an N95 anytime I am indoors or in close proximity to other people. I suffer from Long Covid issues almost a year later. No one is free on stolen land.

Some hashtag interests:
#COVIDisAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #WearAMask #LongCovid #BlackLivesMatter #adhd #CognitiveDysfunction #autoimmune #MissingAndMurderedIndigenousWomen