Association between driving a car and retention of brain volume in Japanese older adults

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BACKGROUND: Driving cessation is a major negative life event that has been associated with a decline in health conditions including dementia. The increase in activity owing to the expansion of life space is a possible explanation for the positive relationship between driving and brain health. The present study examined the association between driving, life space, and structural brain volume in older individuals.

METHODS: High-resolution magnetic resonance imaging was employed to examine the brain volume in 1063 older adults. Participants were classified as non-drivers, those who drove <7 days a week, and everyday drivers. They were further classified into a non-driving group, an active group (drove 10 km at least once a week), and a less-active group (drove 10 km less than once a week).

RESULTS: The hippocampal volume was greater in drivers than in non-drivers. Occipital cortex volume was greater in low-frequency drivers than in non-drivers and high-frequency drivers. Active drivers exhibited larger temporal cortex volumes than less-active drivers, larger cingulate cortex volumes than non-drivers and less-active drivers, and larger hippocampal volumes than non-drivers.

CONCLUSION: Driving was associated with hippocampal brain atrophy attenuation, with active drivers exhibiting decreased brain atrophy in the temporal and cingulate cortices.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:171

Enthalten in:

Experimental gerontology - 171(2023) vom: 20. Jan., Seite 112010

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Shimada, Hiroyuki [VerfasserIn]
Bae, Seongryu [VerfasserIn]
Harada, Kenji [VerfasserIn]
Makino, Keitaro [VerfasserIn]
Chiba, Ippei [VerfasserIn]
Katayama, Osamu [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Sangyoon [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Brain atrophy
Cingulate cortex
Driving
Hippocampus
Journal Article
Review
Temporal cortex

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Date Completed 16.12.2022

Date Revised 21.12.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.exger.2022.112010

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM34850117X