Brain Reserve, Resilience, and Cognitive Stimulation Across the Lifespan: How Do These Factors Influence Risk of Cognitive Impairment and the Dementias?

Farzaneh A Sorond; Philip B Gorelick

doi:10.1016/j.cger.2022.08.003

Brain Reserve, Resilience, and Cognitive Stimulation Across the Lifespan: How Do These Factors Influence Risk of Cognitive Impairment and the Dementias?

Clin Geriatr Med. 2023 Feb;39(1):151-160. doi: 10.1016/j.cger.2022.08.003.

Authors

Farzaneh A Sorond¹, Philip B Gorelick²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Division of Stroke, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, 625 North Michigan Avenue, 11th Floor, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. Electronic address: fsorond@nm.org.
² Department of Neurology, Division of Stroke, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, 625 North Michigan Avenue, 11th Floor, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.

PMID: 36404028
DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2022.08.003

Abstract

In the absence of effective treatments for dementia, maintaining cognitive health in old age is one of the major challenges facing aging societies. Interventions for cognitive health that are tailored to the person are more likely to bring the best benefits with a minimum burden. We review the existing literature on this topic and discuss the role of the primary care physician.

Keywords: Brain health; Brain reserve; Cognitive reserve; Cognitive resilience.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Aging / physiology
Cognitive Dysfunction* / etiology
Cognitive Dysfunction* / therapy
Cognitive Reserve* / physiology
Dementia* / therapy
Humans
Longevity