Title |
Overall reductions in functional brain activation are associated with falls in older adults: an fMRI study
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Published in |
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, January 2013
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DOI | 10.3389/fnagi.2013.00091 |
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Authors |
Lindsay S. Nagamatsu, Lara A. Boyd, Chun Liang Hsu, Todd C. Handy, Teresa Liu-Ambrose |
Abstract |
Falls are a common geriatric condition, and while impaired cognitive function has been identified as a key risk factor, the neural correlates that contribute to reduced executive functioning and falls currently remain unknown. In this study, community-dwelling adults aged 65-75 years were divided into two groups based on their recent history of falls (fallers versus non-fallers). All participants completed the Flanker task during functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). We examined the hemodynamic response of congruent and incongruent trials separately in order to separate the relative contribution of each trial type as a function of falls history. We found that fallers exhibited a smaller difference in functional activation between congruent and incongruent trials relative to non-fallers, as well as an overall reduction in level of blood-oxygen-level dependent response. Of particular note, the medial frontal gyrus - a region implicated in motor planning - demonstrated hypo-activation in fallers, providing evidence that the prefrontal cortex might play a central role in falls risk in older adults. |
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