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ArticleTherapeutic advances in chronic disease2011

Cognitive dysfunction with aging and the role of inflammation.

Arthur A Simen, Kelly A Bordner, Mark P Martin, Lawrence A Moy, Lisa C Barry

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Article in Therapeutic advances in chronic disease, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05378659 (Neuroinflammation and Alzheimer's Pathology in Post-operative Cognitive Dysfunction), which is not on this map. Cited by 105 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT05378659 unknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

Neuroinflammation and Alzheimer's Pathology in Post-operative Cognitive Dysfunction: A Pilot Study

TypeobservationalSponsorUniversity of Tennessee Graduate School of MedicineRan2021 to 2022Enrolled120ConditionsPost-Operative Confusion, Neuroinflammatory Response, Alzheimer DiseaseArmsMontreal Cognitive Assessment, Stroop Test, 4AT Delirium, Grooved Pegboard, NACC Cognitive Battery
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

105 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Arthur A SimenDepartment of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Kelly A Bordner
Mark P Martin
Lawrence A Moy
Lisa C Barry

Funding

PHARMACOLOGICAL PROTECTION OF AGING PREFRONTAL CORTICAL NETWORKSP01AG030004 · NIA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI WANG, MIN · 2008 to 2012
$9.0M
RESEARCH TRAINING - BIOLOGICAL SCIENCEST32MH014276 · NIMH · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI Marina R Picciotto · 1985 to 2026
$7.2M
Depression and Disability in Older Persons: Untangling ComplexitiesK01AG031324 · NIA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI BARRY, LISA C · 2008 to 2012
$618k
Epigenetic factors in vulnerability to aging and stressK08AG030970 · NIA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SIMEN, ARTHUR A · 2008 to 2010
$432k
NIA NIH HHS K01 AG031324NIA NIH HHS K08 AG030970NIA NIH HHS P01 AG030004NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH014276
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As the average lifespan continues to climb because of advances in medical care, there is a greater need to understand the factors that contribute to quality of life in the elderly. The capacity to live independently is highly significant in this regard, but is compromised by cognitive dysfunction. Aging is associated with decreases in cognitive function, including impairments in episodic memory and executive functioning. The prefrontal cortex appears to be particularly vulnerable to the effects of advancing age. Although the mechanism of age-related cognitive decline is not yet known, age-related inflammatory changes are likely to play a role. New insights from preclinical and clinical research may give rise to novel therapeutics which may have efficacy in slowing or preventing cognitive decline with advancing age.

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agingcognitive dysfunctionelderlyinflammationquality of life

Identifiers

PMID23251749
PMCPMC3513880

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