Hypertension-related risk for dementia: A summary review with future directions

AM Daugherty - Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Chronic hypertension, or high blood pressure, is the most prevalent vascular risk factor that
accelerates cognitive aging and increases risk for Alzheimer's disease and related …

[HTML][HTML] Investigation of the association between cerebral iron content and myelin content in normative aging using quantitative magnetic resonance neuroimaging

N Khattar, C Triebswetter, M Kiely, L Ferrucci… - Neuroimage, 2021 - Elsevier
Myelin loss and iron accumulation are cardinal features of aging and various
neurodegenerative diseases. Oligodendrocytes incorporate iron as a metabolic substrate for …

GLP-1 programs the neurovascular landscape

B Chen, X Yu, C Horvath-Diano, MJ Ortuño… - Cell Metabolism, 2024 - cell.com
Readily available nutrient-rich foods exploit our inherent drive to overconsume, creating an
environment of overnutrition. This transformative setting has led to persistent health issues …

Hypertensive adults exhibit lower myelin content: a multicomponent relaxometry and diffusion magnetic resonance imaging study

JP Laporte, ME Faulkner, Z Gong, MABS Akhonda… - …, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
BACKGROUND: It is unknown whether hypertension plays any role in cerebral myelination.
To fill this knowledge gap, we studied 90 cognitively unimpaired adults, age range 40 to 94 …

[HTML][HTML] Nonlinear associations of neurite density and myelin content with age revealed using multicomponent diffusion and relaxometry magnetic resonance imaging

W Qian, N Khattar, LE Cortina, RG Spencer… - NeuroImage, 2020 - Elsevier
Most magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies investigating the relationship between
regional brain myelination or axonal density and aging have relied upon nonspecific …

Lower myelin content is associated with more rapid cognitive decline among cognitively unimpaired individuals

Z Gong, M Bilgel, M Kiely, C Triebswetter… - Alzheimer's & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction The influence of myelination on longitudinal changes in cognitive performance
remains unclear. Methods For each participant (N= 123), longitudinal cognitive scores were …

Evidence of association between obesity and lower cerebral myelin content in cognitively unimpaired adults

M Bouhrara, N Khattar, P Elango, SM Resnick… - International Journal of …, 2021 - nature.com
Background Myelin loss is a central feature of several neurodegenerative diseases,
including Alzheimer's disease (AD). In animal studies, a link has been established between …

Association of cerebral blood flow with longitudinal changes in cerebral microstructural integrity in the coronary artery risk development in young adults (CARDIA) …

M Bouhrara, C Triebswetter, M Kiely, M Bilgel… - JAMA Network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Decreased cerebral tissue integrity and cerebral blood flow (CBF) are features of
neurodegenerative diseases. Brain tissue maintenance is an energy-demanding process …

[HTML][HTML] Differential associations between apolipoprotein E alleles and cerebral myelin content in normative aging

C Triebswetter, M Kiely, N Khattar, L Ferrucci… - Neuroimage, 2022 - Elsevier
Mounting evidence indicates that myelin breakdown may represent an early phenomenon in
neurodegeneration, including Alzheimer's disease (AD). Understanding the factors …

[HTML][HTML] Maturation and degeneration of the human brainstem across the adult lifespan

M Bouhrara, LE Cortina, N Khattar, AC Rejimon… - Aging (Albany …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Brainstem tissue microstructural properties change across the adult lifespan. However,
studies elucidating the biological processes that govern brainstem maturation and …