ArticleFrontiers in neuroscience2023
Effects of television viewing on brain structures and risk of dementia in the elderly: Longitudinal analyses.
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- Impact of Different Types of Sedentary Behaviour on Cognitive Function in Older Adults: A Systematic Review.Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals · 2026Pooled it
- Individual sedentary activities and cognitive function in middle-aged and older adults: A systematic review.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2026Pooled it
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- Television and computer use and dementia risk in older adults with limited leisure or social activities: A prospective cohort study.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026Article
- Correlation Study Between TV Viewing Variables and Cognitive Level, Depression Level, and Activities of Daily Living in Older Individuals Living Alone.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Structural covariation between cerebellum and neocortex intrinsic structural covariation links cerebellum subregions to the cerebral cortex.Journal of neurophysiology · 2024Article
- High cognitive reserve attenuates the risk of dementia associated with cardiometabolic diseases.Alzheimer's research & therapy · 2024Article
- Uncovering Predictors of Low Hippocampal Volume: Evidence from a Large-Scale Machine-Learning-Based Study in the UK Biobank.Neuroepidemiology · 2024Article
- Effect of a doctor working during the festive period on population health: natural experiment using 60 years ofBMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2023Article
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Abstract
Introduction: TV viewing in the elderly and in children is associated with subsequent greater decline of various cognitive functions including verbal working memory, but results of its association with subsequent risk of dementia were divided. Methods: In this longitudinal cohort study of UK Biobank, we investigated the associations of TV viewing length with subsequent risk of dementia and longitudinal changes of brain structural measures after corrections of a wide range of potential confounders. Results: Our results showed longer TV viewing was associated with increased risk of subsequent onset of dementia, as well as subsequent greater decline in intracellular volume fraction (ICVF) in the extensive areas of right lateral temporal cortex and the right medial temporal cortex, in the area around the left middle and inferior temporal cortex as well as the left fusiform gyrus, and the area adjacent to the left inferior frontal gyrus, and left insula. Discussion: These results may suggest prolonged TV viewing was associated with decline in density of neurites (axon, dendrites) in areas particularly implicated in language, communication, and memory, which are altered in dementia.
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