Functional Connectivity and Cognition in Aging and Neurocognitive Disorders
A special issue of Life (ISSN 2075-1729). This special issue belongs to the section "Physiology and Pathology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (12 May 2023) | Viewed by 2402
Special Issue Editors
Interests: mild cognitive impairment; neurocognitive disorders; aging continuum; brain activity; cognition
Interests: neuropsychology; psychophysiology and signal analysis in neurodegenerative disease
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The incremental aging of the world's population poses several challenges for the study of human brain functioning and cognition. Indeed, longer life expectancies may lead to the onset of neurodegenerative diseases and clinical manifestations of age-associated neurocognitive decline. In recent years, various lines of research have focused on detecting both diagnostic and prognostic markers of dementia, contributing to the prediction of cognitive impairment trajectories over the lifespan and to the prevention/mitigation of early symptoms. Among these, proxies of brain/cognitive reserve and brain maintenance are gaining wide scientific interest, along with mediators and predictors of deterioration in mid- and late-life. Indeed, such factors can support estimates of possible or probable conversions from a stage of subjective cognitive decline (SCD) or mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to overt dementia. Overall, the study of neural connectivity patterns and neuropsychological profiles is based on different models and techniques that may account for the multiplicity and magnitude of modifiable risk factors of dementia. However, brain mechanisms and cognitive processes especially involved in the preclinical and prodromal stages of cognitive decline still need to be thoroughly investigated from an integrated, multidisciplinary perspective. In order to further explore these topics, authors are encouraged to submit original articles as well as review papers for the Special Issue entitled “Functional Connectivity and Cognition in Aging and Neurocognitive Disorders”.
Dr. Paolo Taurisano
Dr. Marianna Delussi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Neurocognitive Disorders
- Aging Continuum
- Brain Activity
- Cognition
