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3 claims from 2 papers

1. Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

   Early Age-Related Functional Connectivity Decline in High-Order Cognitive Networks

   Siman-Tov, Bosak, Sprecher et al. · Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience · 2017

   Using a public fcMRI database of 887 adults aged 21-85, the study found that connectivity in high-order cognitive networks declines by middle adulthood, suggesting ageing-related brain changes start early.

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   1. UncheckedIn this cross-sectional study, a motor brain network showed higher connectivity in middle adulthood than in young adults, then declined in older age.“In contrast, a motor network shows increased connectivity in middle adulthood and a subsequent decline.”

2. Neuroscience › Functional Brain Connectivity Studies

   Functional network reorganization in older adults: Graph-theoretical analyses of age, cognition and sex

   Stumme, Jockwitz, Hoffstaedter, Amunts and Caspers · NeuroImage · 2020

   Using resting-state brain imaging in 772 older adults, the study mapped how functional networks reorganise with age, and how this relates to cognitive performance and sex.

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   1. UncheckedIn 772 adults aged 55-85, older age went with more connectivity between brain networks and less connectivity within them at rest.“Results show overall age-related increases of between- and decreases of within-network RSFC.”
   2. UncheckedIn this study of older adults, differences in resting-state connectivity of early sensory networks were found to mediate age-related differences in cognitive performance.“Importantly, RSFC differences of these early sensory networks were found to be a relevant mediator in terms of the age-related cognitive performance differences.”