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ArticleScientific reports2025

The role of cognitive and brain reserve in the clinical presentation and progression of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

Anna G M Temp, Gaël Nils Tarakdjian, Elisabeth Kasper, Judith Machts, Jörn Kaufmann, Stefan Vielhaber, Johannes Prudlo, James H Cole, Martin Dyrba, Stefan Teipel and 1 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. ALS: a field in motion.Scientific reports · 2025
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11 authors.

Anna G M TempDepartment of Neurology, Translational Neurodegeneration Section "Albrecht-Kossel", University Medical Center Rostock, University of Rostock, Gehlsheimer Straße 20, 18147, Rostock, Germany.
Gaël Nils TarakdjianDepartment of Neurology, Translational Neurodegeneration Section "Albrecht-Kossel", University Medical Center Rostock, University of Rostock, Gehlsheimer Straße 20, 18147, Rostock, Germany.
Elisabeth KasperDepartment of Neurology, University Medical Center Rostock, University of Rostock, 18147, Rostock, Germany.
Judith MachtsInstitute for Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research, Otto-Von-Guericke University Magdeburg, 39120, Magdeburg, Germany.
Jörn KaufmannDepartment of Neurology, Otto-Von-Guericke University Magdeburg, 39120, Magdeburg, Germany.
Stefan VielhaberDeutsches Zentrum Für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE) Magdeburg, 39120, Magdeburg, Germany.
Johannes PrudloDeutsches Zentrum Für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE) Rostock/Greifswald, 18147, Rostock, Germany.
James H ColeCentre for Medical Image Computing, Department of Computer Science, UCL, London, UK.
Martin DyrbaDeutsches Zentrum Für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE) Rostock/Greifswald, 18147, Rostock, Germany.
Stefan TeipelDeutsches Zentrum Für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE) Rostock/Greifswald, 18147, Rostock, Germany.
Andreas HermannDepartment of Neurology, Translational Neurodegeneration Section "Albrecht-Kossel", University Medical Center Rostock, University of Rostock, Gehlsheimer Straße 20, 18147, Rostock, Germany. andreas.hermann@med.uni-rostock.de.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent research has shown that cognitive reserve is associated with better cognitive abilities in ALS/MND, and that a slow brain ageing speed is associated with intact cognition in ALS. This study compares the effects of cognitive reserve and the predicted brain age difference (PAD) on the risk of being diagnosed with ALS, the risk of having cognitive or behavioral impairment, or even fronto-temporal dementia, and on disease duration.Our results indicated that neither PAD nor cognitive reserve was associated with an increased risk of ALS, but that higher PAD was associated with an increased risk of cognitive impairments and FTD, as well as a shortened disease duration. Higher cognitive reserve on the other hand was associated with a lower risk of cognitive impairment and a longer disease duration.Brain age as a proxy of brain reserve influences disease progression and presentation more strongly than cognitive reserve.

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Amyotrophic Lateral SclerosisBrainCognitionCognitive ReserveAgedCognitive DysfunctionDisease ProgressionFemaleFrontotemporal DementiaHumansMaleMiddle Aged

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