Author:
Tian Chenxin,Schrack Jennifer A.,Agrawal Yuri,An Yang,Cai Yurun,Wang Hang,Gross Alden L.,Tian Qu,Simonsick Eleanor M.,Ferrucci Luigi,Resnick Susan M.,Wanigatunga Amal A.
Abstract
AbstractSensory impairment and brain atrophy is common among older adults, increasing the risk of dementia. Yet, the degree to which multiple co-occurring sensory impairments (MSI across vision, proprioception, vestibular function, olfactory, and hearing) are associated with brain morphometry remain unexplored. Data were from 208 cognitively unimpaired participants (mean age 72 ± 10 years; 59% women) enrolled in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging. Multiple linear regression models were used to estimate cross-sectional associations between MSI and regional brain imaging volumes. For each additional sensory impairment, there were associated lower orbitofrontal gyrus and entorhinal cortex volumes but higher caudate and putamen volumes. Participants with MSI had lower mean volumes in the superior frontal gyrus, orbitofrontal gyrus, superior parietal lobe, and precuneus compared to participants with < 2 impairments. While MSI was largely associated with lower brain volumes, our results suggest the possibility that MSI was associated with higher basal ganglia volumes. Longitudinal analyses are needed to evaluate the temporality and directionality of these associations.
Funder
National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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