The Integrity of the Corpus Callosum Mitigates the Impact of Blood Pressure on the Ventral Attention Network and Information Processing Speed in Healthy Adults

Hypertension is a risk factor for cognitive impairment in older age. However, evidence of the neural basis of the relationship between the deterioration of cognitive function and elevated blood pressure is sparse. Based on previous research, we speculate that variations in brain connectivity are clo...

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Main Authors: Tatia M. C. Lee, Nichol M. L. Wong, Ernie Po-Wing Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
Subjects:
MRI
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnagi.2017.00108/full