Neuromelanin marks the spot: identifying a locus coeruleus biomarker of cognitive reserve in healthy aging

DV Clewett, TH Lee, S Greening, A Ponzio… - Neurobiology of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Leading a mentally stimulating life may build up a reserve of neural and mental resources
that preserve cognitive abilities in late life. Recent autopsy evidence links neuronal density …

Rostral locus coeruleus integrity is associated with better memory performance in older adults

MJ Dahl, M Mather, S Düzel, NC Bodammer… - Nature Human …, 2019 - nature.com
For decades, research into memory decline in human cognitive ageing has focused on
neocortical regions, the hippocampus and dopaminergic neuromodulation. Recent findings …

[HTML][HTML] Examining the role of the noradrenergic locus coeruleus for predicting attention and brain maintenance in healthy old age and disease: an MRI structural …

ERG Plini, E O'Hanlon, R Boyle, F Sibilia, G Rikhye… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
The noradrenergic theory of Cognitive Reserve (Robertson, 2013–2014) postulates that the
upregulation of the locus coeruleus—noradrenergic system (LC–NA) originating in the …

Locus coeruleus integrity in old age is selectively related to memories linked with salient negative events

D Hämmerer, MF Callaghan… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
The locus coeruleus (LC) is the principal origin of noradrenaline in the brain. LC integrity
varies considerably across healthy older individuals, and is suggested to contribute to …

The locus coeruleus: essential for maintaining cognitive function and the aging brain

M Mather, CW Harley - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2016 - cell.com
Research on cognitive aging has focused on how decline in various cortical and
hippocampal regions influence cognition. However, brainstem regions play essential …

Declining locus coeruleus–dopaminergic and noradrenergic modulation of long-term memory in aging and Alzheimer's disease

MJ Dahl, A Kulesza, M Werkle-Bergner… - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Memory is essential in defining our identity by guiding behavior based on past experiences.
However, aging leads to declining memory, disrupting older adult's lives. Memories are …

Locus coeruleus MRI contrast is associated with cortical thickness in older adults

SL Bachman, MJ Dahl, M Werkle-Bergner, S Düzel… - Neurobiology of …, 2021 - Elsevier
There is growing evidence that neuronal integrity of the noradrenergic locus coeruleus (LC)
is important for later-life cognition. Less understood is how LC integrity relates to brain …

[HTML][HTML] Noradrenergic-dependent functions are associated with age-related locus coeruleus signal intensity differences

KY Liu, RA Kievit, KA Tsvetanov, MJ Betts… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The locus coeruleus (LC), the origin of noradrenergic modulation of cognitive and
behavioral function, may play an important role healthy ageing and in neurodegenerative …

[HTML][HTML] The integrity of dopaminergic and noradrenergic brain regions is associated with different aspects of late-life memory performance

MJ Dahl, SL Bachman, S Dutt, S Düzel, NC Bodammer… - Nature Aging, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Changes in dopaminergic neuromodulation play a key role in adult memory
decline. Recent research has also implicated noradrenaline in shaping late-life memory …

[HTML][HTML] The locus coeruleus in aging and Alzheimer's disease: a postmortem and brain imaging review

R Beardmore, R Hou, A Darekar… - Journal of …, 2021 - content.iospress.com
The locus coeruleus (LC), a tiny nucleus in the brainstem and the principal site of
noradrenaline synthesis, has a major role in regulating autonomic function, arousal …