The impact of bilingualism on brain reserve and metabolic connectivity in Alzheimer’s dementia

Cognitive reserve (CR) prevents cognitive decline and delays neurodegeneration. Recent epidemiological evidence suggests that lifelong bilingualism may act as CR delaying the onset of dementia by ∼4.5 y. Much controversy surrounds the issue of bilingualism and its putative neuroprotective effects. W...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS 2017-02, Vol.114 (7), p.1690-1695
Hauptverfasser:	Perani, Daniela, Farsad, Mohsen, Ballarini, Tommaso, Lubian, Francesca, Malpetti, Maura, Fracchetti, Alessandro, Magnani, Giuseppe, March, Albert, Abutalebi, Jubin
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Alzheimer's disease Bilingualism Biological Sciences Dementia Impact analysis Metabolism Neural networks
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