Lifetime Physical Activity and White Matter Hyperintensities in Cognitively-Intact Adults

Elisa R. Torres,Siobhan M. Hoscheidt,Barbara B. Bendlin,Vincent A. Magnotta,Gabriel D. Lancaster,Roger L. Brown,Sergio Paradiso

Lifetime Physical Activity and White Matter Hyperintensities in Cognitively-Intact Adults

2019

Elisa R. Torres
Siobhan M. Hoscheidt
Barbara B. Bendlin
Vincent A. Magnotta
Gabriel D. Lancaster
Roger L. Brown
Sergio Paradiso

AbstractBackgroundWhite matter hyperintensities (WMH) observed on magnetic resonance images are associated with depression and increase risk of stroke, dementia and death. The association between physical activity and WMH has been inconsistently reported in the literature, perhaps because studies di

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Gerontology
Family medicine
Stroke
Dementia
Hyperintensity
Magnetic resonance imaging
Medicine
History of depression
Metabolic equivalent
physical activity
Psychiatric history
Internal medicine

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