Background: Older adults with epilepsy represent the largest and fastest-growing segment of individuals with epilepsy and harbor risk factors for pathological aging, including cerebrovascular risk factors (CVRFs) and Alzheimer's disease (AD)-related pathology. In fact, several community-based studies have reported up to a 3-fold increased risk for dementia including AD among individuals with epilepsy. Despite this, identification of risk factors for AD and related dementias (ADRD) remains largely unexplored in epilepsy, which has critical implications for patient care and dementia risk stratification.
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View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Childhood trauma (CT) is related to altered fractional anisotropy (FA) in individuals with schizophrenia (SZ). However, it remains unclear whether CT may influence specific cellular or extracellular compartments of FA in SZ with CT experience. We extended our previous study on FA in SZ (Costello et al.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: There is currently no pharmacological treatment for visuo-cognitive impairments in Parkinson's disease. Alternative strategies are needed to address these non-motor symptoms given their impact on quality of life. Novel technologies have potential to deliver multimodal rehabilitation of visuo-cognitive dysfunction, but more research is required to determine their feasibility in Parkinson's.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDespite the high prevalence of cognitive deficits in older people with epilepsy (PWE), their ability to judge and make decisions in daily life remains unexplored. In 61 older PWE (55-90 years) from the multicenter BRain Aging and Cognition in Epilepsy (BrACE) study, we examined everyday judgment, as measured by the Test of Practical Judgment (TOP-J: 9 questions, score range = 0-27; higher score = better judgment) and evaluated its association with clinical and demographic characteristics, global cognition, neuropsychological performance, subjective cognition, and quality of life (QOL). In our participants (mean age ± standard deviation [SD] = 66.
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