Open AccessCurrent Serum Lipoprotein Levels and fMRI Response to Working Memory in Midlife
Author(s) -
Mitzi M. Gonzales,
Takashi Tarumi,
Danielle E. Eagan,
Hirofumi Tanaka,
Fedora O. Biney,
Andreana P. Haley
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.026
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1421-9824
pISSN - 1420-8008
DOI - 10.1159/000324713
Subject(s) - psychology , cholesterol , medicine , working memory , cognition , frontal lobe , temporal lobe , endocrinology , neuroscience , epilepsy
Given that high cholesterol levels at midlife are a risk factor for future cognitive decline, the goal of the current study was to determine if cholesterol-related alterations in the cerebrovascular response to cognition could be detected at midlife.