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ReviewJournal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD2018

The Role of Cognitive Reserve in Alzheimer's Disease and Aging: A Multi-Modal Imaging Review.

Arianna Menardi, Alvaro Pascual-Leone, Peter J Fried, Emiliano Santarnecchi

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Review in Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
31citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 49 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Cognitive reserve against vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia: A scoping review.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026
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  11. Use of Multiple Languages Provides Cognitive Reserve Amidst Age-Related White Matter Changes.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025
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  16. APOE ε4 carrier status moderates the effect of lifestyle factors on cognitive reserve.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Arianna MenardiBrain Investigation and Neuromodulation Lab, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neuroscience, Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology Section, University of Siena, Italy.
Alvaro Pascual-LeoneBerenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation, Division of Cognitive Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Peter J FriedBerenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation, Division of Cognitive Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Emiliano SantarnecchiBrain Investigation and Neuromodulation Lab, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neuroscience, Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology Section, University of Siena, Italy.
Berenson Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation · USBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · US

Funding

HARVARD CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE CENTER (UL1)UL1RR025758 · NCRR · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI NADLER, LEE MARSHALL · 2008 to 2011
$91.4M
Gamma Induction for Amyloid Clearance in Alzheimer’s DiseaseR01AG060981 · NIA · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI SANTARNECCHI, EMILIANO · 2019 to 2023
$3.5M
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Robotic Training in Chronic StrokeR01HD069776 · NICHD · WINIFRED MASTERSON BURKE MED RES INST · PI EDWARDS, DYLAN JAMES · 2012 to 2016
$3.2M
Cortical connectivity, physiology, and response to stimulation in human epilepsyR01NS073601 · NINDS · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI CHANG, BERNARD S. · 2011 to 2015
$1.9M
Role of functional brain connectivity on efficacy of TMS for depressionR21MH099196 · NIMH · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI PASCUAL-LEONE, ALVARO · 2013 to 2014
$491k
Cortical plasticity in type II diabetes mellitusR21NS082870 · NINDS · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI PASCUAL-LEONE, ALVARO · 2013 to 2014
$490k
Brain Plasticity Measures in MCIR21AG051846 · NIA · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI PASCUAL-LEONE, ALVARO · 2016 to 2017
$476k
Does Reward Mediate Human Maternal Bonding? A PET-fMRI studyR21HD076164 · NICHD · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI BARRETT, LISA FELDMAN · 2014 to 2015
$469k
Transcranial Stimulation in Spino-Cerebellar AtaxiaR21NS085491 · NINDS · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI PASCUAL-LEONE, ALVARO · 2013 to 2014
$469k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Comforts in modern society have generally been associated with longer survival rates, enabling individuals to reach advanced age as never before in history. With the increase in longevity, however, the incidence of neurodegenerative diseases, especially Alzheimer's disease, has also doubled. Nevertheless, most of the observed variance, in terms of time of clinical diagnosis and progression, often remains striking. Only recently, differences in the social, educational and occupational background of the individual, as proxies of cognitive reserve (CR), have been hypothesized to play a role in accounting for such discrepancies. CR is a well-established concept in literature; lots of studies have been conducted in trying to better understand its underlying neural substrates and associated biomarkers, resulting in an incredible amount of data being produced. Here, we aimed to summarize recent relevant published work addressing the issue, gathering evidence for the existence of a common path across research efforts that might ease future investigations by providing a general perspective on the actual state of the arts. An innovative model is hereby proposed, addressing the role of CR across structural and functional evidences, as well as the potential implementation of non-invasive brain stimulation techniques in the causal validation of such theoretical frame.

Indexed as

Multimodal ImagingAgingAlzheimer DiseaseBrainCognitive ReserveDiffusion Tensor ImagingElectroencephalographyHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingNeuropsychological TestsPositron-Emission TomographyTranscranial Magnetic StimulationAgingAlzheimer’s diseasecognitive reservediffusion tensor imagingelectroencephalographyfunctional magnetic resonance imagingmagnetic resonance imagingpositron emission tomographytranscranial magnetic stimulation

Identifiers

PMID30507572
PMCPMC8972845
OpenAlexW2902968946

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