ArticleEnvironmental health perspectives2022
Association between Long-Term Air Pollution, Chronic Traffic Noise, and Resting-State Functional Connectivity in the 1000BRAINS Study.
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- Systematic review and meta-analysis on the health effects of long-term exposure to ultrafine particles.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2026Pooled it
- Pollutants regulate changes in pathological markers of neurodegenerative diseases: a new perspective in environmental toxicology.Frontiers in toxicology · 2026Review
- Joint effects of environmental and neighborhood socioeconomic factors on cognitive function in the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study.Environmental research · 2025Article
- How does the macroenvironment influence brain and behaviour-a review of current status and future perspectives.Molecular psychiatry · 2024Review
- Interactive effect of air pollution and genetic risk of depression on processing speed by resting-state functional connectivity of occipitoparietal network.BMC medicine · 2024Article
- Exposure to residential traffic and trajectories of unhealthy ageing: results from a nationally-representative cohort of older adults.Environmental health : a global access science source · 2024Article
- How does the macroenvironment influence brain and behaviour - a review of current status and future perspectives.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundOlder adults show a high variability in cognitive performance that cannot be explained by aging alone. Although research has linked air pollution and noise to cognitive impairment and structural brain alterations, the potential impact of air pollution and noise on functional brain organization is unknown.
objectiveThis study examined the associations between long-term air pollution and traffic noise with measures of functional brain organization in older adults. We hypothesize that exposures to high air pollution and noise levels are associated with age-like changes in functional brain organization, shown by less segregated brain networks.
methodsData from 574 participants (44.1% female, 56-85 years of age) in the German 1000BRAINS study (2011-2015) were analyzed. Exposure to particulate matter (
resultsOverall, small associations of high exposures with lesser segregated networks were visible. For the sensorimotor networks, we observed small associations between high air pollution and noise and lower network segregation, which had a similar effect size as a 1-y increase in age [e.g., in sensorimotor network,
conclusionHigh exposure to air pollution and noise was associated with less segregated functional brain networks. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP9737.
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