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Multiple determinants of lifespan memory differences (2016)
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Henson, R. N., Campbell, K. L., Davis, S. W., Taylor, J. R., Emery, T., Erzinclioglu, S., …Villis, L. (2016). Multiple determinants of lifespan memory differences. Scientific reports, 6, https://doi.org/10.1038/srep32527

Memory problems are among the most common complaints as people grow older. Using structural equation modeling of commensurate scores of anterograde memory from a large (N = 315), population-derived sample (www.cam-can.org), we provide evidence for th... Read More about Multiple determinants of lifespan memory differences.

Who lives where and does it matter? Changes in the health profiles of older people living in long term care and the community over two decades in a high income country (2016)
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Matthews, F. E., Bennett, H., Wittenberg, R., Jagger, C., Dening, T., & Brayne, C. (2016). Who lives where and does it matter? Changes in the health profiles of older people living in long term care and the community over two decades in a high income country. PLoS ONE, 11(9), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0161705

Background: There have been fundamental shifts in the attitude towards, access to and nature of long term care in high income countries. The proportion and profile of the older population living in such settings varies according to social, cultural,... Read More about Who lives where and does it matter? Changes in the health profiles of older people living in long term care and the community over two decades in a high income country.

Microglial immunophenotype in dementia with Alzheimer's pathology (2016)
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Minett, T., Classey, J., Matthews, F. E., Fahrenhold, M., Taga, M., Brayne, C., …Boche, D. (2016). Microglial immunophenotype in dementia with Alzheimer's pathology. Journal of Neuroinflammation, 13(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12974-016-0601-z

Background: Genetic risk factors for Alzheimer's disease imply that inflammation plays a causal role in development of the disease. Experimental studies suggest that microglia, as the brain macrophages, have diverse functions, with their main role in... Read More about Microglial immunophenotype in dementia with Alzheimer's pathology.

A two decade dementia incidence comparison from the Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies i and II (2016)
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Matthews, F. E., Stephan, B. C., Robinson, L., Jagger, C., Barnes, L. E., Arthur, A., …Forster, G. (2016). A two decade dementia incidence comparison from the Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies i and II. Nature communications, 7, https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11398

Dramatic global increases in future numbers of people with dementia have been predicted. No multicentre population-based study powered to detect changes over time has reported dementia incidence. MRC Cognitive Function and Ageing Study (CFAS) underto... Read More about A two decade dementia incidence comparison from the Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies i and II.

Retinal nerve fiber layer measures and cognitive function in the EPIC-Norfolk cohort study (2016)
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Khawaja, A. P., Chan, M. P., Yip, J. L., Broadway, D. C., Garway-Heath, D. F., Luben, R., …Foster, P. J. (2016). Retinal nerve fiber layer measures and cognitive function in the EPIC-Norfolk cohort study. Investigative ophthalmology & visual science, 57(4), 1921-1926. https://doi.org/10.1167/iovs.16-19067

PURPOSE. We examined the relationship between retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness and cognitive function in a population of older British adults. METHODS. Participants of the European Prospective Investigation of Cancer (EPIC) Norfolk cohort s... Read More about Retinal nerve fiber layer measures and cognitive function in the EPIC-Norfolk cohort study.

Land use mix and five-year mortality in later life: Results from the Cognitive Function and Ageing Study (2016)
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Wu, Y. T., Prina, A. M., Jones, A., Barnes, L. E., Matthews, F. E., Brayne, C., & CFAS, M. R. (2016). Land use mix and five-year mortality in later life: Results from the Cognitive Function and Ageing Study. Health and Place, 38, 54-60. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.12.002

This study explores the potential modifying effect of age and mediation effect of co-morbidity on the association between land use mix, a measure of neighbourhood walkability, and five-year mortality among the 2424 individuals participating in the ye... Read More about Land use mix and five-year mortality in later life: Results from the Cognitive Function and Ageing Study.

A comparison of health expectancies over two decades in England: Results of the Cognitive Function and Ageing Study i and II (2016)
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Jagger, C., Matthews, F. E., Wohland, P., Fouweather, T., Stephan, B. C., Robinson, L., …Brayne, C. (2016). A comparison of health expectancies over two decades in England: Results of the Cognitive Function and Ageing Study i and II. Lancet, 387(10020), 779-786. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2815%2900947-2

Background Whether rises in life expectancy are increases in good-quality years is of profound importance worldwide, with population ageing. We investigate how various health expectancies have changed in England between 1991 and 2011, with identical... Read More about A comparison of health expectancies over two decades in England: Results of the Cognitive Function and Ageing Study i and II.

Epidemiological pathology of Tau in the ageing brain: application of staging for neuropil threads (BrainNet Europe protocol) to the MRC cognitive function and ageing brain study (2016)
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Wharton, S. B., Minett, T., Drew, D., Forster, G., Matthews, F., Brayne, C., & Ince, P. G. (2016). Epidemiological pathology of Tau in the ageing brain: application of staging for neuropil threads (BrainNet Europe protocol) to the MRC cognitive function and ageing brain study. Acta Neuropathologica Communications, 4, 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40478-016-0275-x

INTRODUCTION: Deposition of abnormally phosphorylated tau (phospho-tau) occurs in Alzheimer's disease but also with brain ageing. The Braak staging scheme focused on neurofibrillary tangles, but abundant p-tau is also present in neuropil threads, and... Read More about Epidemiological pathology of Tau in the ageing brain: application of staging for neuropil threads (BrainNet Europe protocol) to the MRC cognitive function and ageing brain study.

Neuronal DNA damage response-associated dysregulation of signalling pathways and cholesterol metabolism at the earliest stages of Alzheimer-type pathology (2016)
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Simpson, J. E., Ince, P. G., Minett, T., Matthews, F. E., Heath, P. R., Shaw, P. J., …Wharton, S. B. (2016). Neuronal DNA damage response-associated dysregulation of signalling pathways and cholesterol metabolism at the earliest stages of Alzheimer-type pathology. Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology, 42(2), 167-179. https://doi.org/10.1111/nan.12252

Aims: Oxidative damage and an associated DNA damage response (DDR) are evident in mild cognitive impairment and early Alzheimer's disease, suggesting that neuronal dysfunction resulting from oxidative DNA damage may account for some of the cognitive... Read More about Neuronal DNA damage response-associated dysregulation of signalling pathways and cholesterol metabolism at the earliest stages of Alzheimer-type pathology.

Dementia in western Europe: Epidemiological evidence and implications for policy making (2016)
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Wu, Y. T., Fratiglioni, L., Matthews, F. E., Lobo, A., Breteler, M. M., Skoog, I., & Brayne, C. (2016). Dementia in western Europe: Epidemiological evidence and implications for policy making. Lancet Neurology, 15(1), 116-124. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1474-4422%2815%2900092-7

Dementia is receiving increasing attention from governments and politicians. Epidemiological research based on western European populations done 20 years ago provided key initial evidence for dementia policy making, but these estimates are now out of... Read More about Dementia in western Europe: Epidemiological evidence and implications for policy making.

Adult lifespan cognitive variability in the cross-sectional cam-CAN cohort (2015)
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Green, E., Shafto, M. A., Matthews, F. E., Cam-Can, & White, S. R. (2015). Adult lifespan cognitive variability in the cross-sectional cam-CAN cohort. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 12(12), 15516-15530. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph121215003

This study examines variability across the age span in cognitive performance in a cross-sectional, population-based, adult lifespan cohort from the Cambridge Centre for Ageing and Neuroscience (Cam-CAN) study (n = 2680). A key question we highlight i... Read More about Adult lifespan cognitive variability in the cross-sectional cam-CAN cohort.

Changes in health in England, with analysis by English regions and areas of deprivation, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (2015)
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Newton, J. N., Briggs, A. D., Murray, C. J., Dicker, D., Foreman, K. J., Wang, H., …Davis, A. C. (2015). Changes in health in England, with analysis by English regions and areas of deprivation, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. Lancet, 386(10010), 2257-2274. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2815%2900195-6

Background In the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 (GBD 2013), knowledge about health and its determinants has been integrated into a comparable framework to inform health policy. Outputs of this analysis are relevant to current policy questions i... Read More about Changes in health in England, with analysis by English regions and areas of deprivation, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013.

The nuclear retention of transcription factor FOXO3a correlates with a DNA damage response and increased glutamine synthetase expression by astrocytes suggesting a neuroprotective role in the ageing brain (2015)
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Fluteau, A., Ince, P. G., Minett, T., Matthews, F. E., Brayne, C., Garwood, C. J., …Simpson, J. E. (2015). The nuclear retention of transcription factor FOXO3a correlates with a DNA damage response and increased glutamine synthetase expression by astrocytes suggesting a neuroprotective role in the ageing brain. Neuroscience letters, 609, 11-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2015.10.001

The accumulation of reactive oxygen species leading to oxidative damage and cell death plays an important role in a number of neurodegenerative disorders. FOXO3a, the main isoform of FOXO transcription factors, mediates the cellular response to oxida... Read More about The nuclear retention of transcription factor FOXO3a correlates with a DNA damage response and increased glutamine synthetase expression by astrocytes suggesting a neuroprotective role in the ageing brain.

The prevalence of mild cognitive impairment in diverse geographical and ethnocultural regions: The COSMIC Collaboration (2015)
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Sachdev, P. S., Lipnicki, D. M., Kochan, N. A., Crawford, J. D., Thalamuthu, A., Andrews, G., …Lobo, E. (2015). The prevalence of mild cognitive impairment in diverse geographical and ethnocultural regions: The COSMIC Collaboration. PLoS ONE, 10(11), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0142388

Background Changes in criteria and differences in populations studied and methodology have produced a wide range of prevalence estimates for mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Methods Uniform criteria were applied to harmonized data from 11 studies fro... Read More about The prevalence of mild cognitive impairment in diverse geographical and ethnocultural regions: The COSMIC Collaboration.

Validation of existing diagnosis of autism in mainland China using standardised diagnostic instruments (2015)
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Sun, X., Allison, C., Auyeung, B., Zhang, Z., Matthews, F. E., Baron-Cohen, S., & Brayne, C. (2015). Validation of existing diagnosis of autism in mainland China using standardised diagnostic instruments. Autism, 19(8), 1010-1017. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361314556785

Research to date in mainland China has mainly focused on children with autistic disorder rather than Autism Spectrum Conditions and the diagnosis largely depended on clinical judgment without the use of diagnostic instruments. Whether children who ha... Read More about Validation of existing diagnosis of autism in mainland China using standardised diagnostic instruments.

Idiosyncratic responding during movie-watching predicted by age differences in attentional control (2015)
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Campbell, K. L., Shafto, M. A., Wright, P., Tsvetanov, K. A., Geerligs, L., Cusack, R., …Villis, L. (2015). Idiosyncratic responding during movie-watching predicted by age differences in attentional control. Neurobiology of Aging, 36(11), 3045-3055. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2015.07.028

Much is known about how age affects the brain during tightly controlled, though largely contrived, experiments, but do these effects extrapolate to everyday life? Naturalistic stimuli, such as movies, closely mimic the real world and provide a window... Read More about Idiosyncratic responding during movie-watching predicted by age differences in attentional control.

Community environment, cognitive impairment and dementia in later life: Results from the Cognitive Function and Ageing Study (2015)
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Wu, Y. T., Prina, A. M., Jones, A. P., Barnes, L. E., Matthews, F. E., & Brayne, C. (2015). Community environment, cognitive impairment and dementia in later life: Results from the Cognitive Function and Ageing Study. Age and ageing, 44(6), 1005-1011. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afv137

Background: few studies have investigated the impact of the community environment, as distinct from area deprivation, on cognition in later life. This study explores cross-sectional associations between cognitive impairment and dementia and environme... Read More about Community environment, cognitive impairment and dementia in later life: Results from the Cognitive Function and Ageing Study.

Social activity, cognitive decline and dementia risk: A 20-year prospective cohort study Chronic Disease epidemiology (2015)
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Marioni, R. E., Proust-Lima, C., Amieva, H., Brayne, C., Matthews, F. E., Dartigues, J. F., & Jacqmin-Gadda, H. (2015). Social activity, cognitive decline and dementia risk: A 20-year prospective cohort study Chronic Disease epidemiology. BMC public health, 15(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-2426-6

Background: Identifying modifiable lifestyle correlates of cognitive decline and risk of dementia is complex, particularly as few population-based longitudinal studies jointly model these interlinked processes. Recent methodological developments allo... Read More about Social activity, cognitive decline and dementia risk: A 20-year prospective cohort study Chronic Disease epidemiology.

State and trait components of functional connectivity: Individual differences vary with mental state (2015)
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Geerligs, L., Rubinov, M., Tyler, L. K., Brayne, C., Bullmore, E. T., Calder, A. C., …Henson, R. N. (2015). State and trait components of functional connectivity: Individual differences vary with mental state. Journal of Neuroscience, 35(41), 13949-13961. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1324-15.2015

Resting-state functional connectivity, as measured by functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), is often treated as a trait, used, for example, to draw inferences about individual differences in cognitive function, or differences between healthy... Read More about State and trait components of functional connectivity: Individual differences vary with mental state.

Subjective Memory Complaints are Involved in the Relationship between Mood and Mild Cognitive Impairment (2015)
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Yates, J. A., Clare, L., Woods, R. T., & Matthews, F. E. (2015). Subjective Memory Complaints are Involved in the Relationship between Mood and Mild Cognitive Impairment. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, 48(S1), S115-S123. https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-150371

Subjective memory complaints (SMC) are a criterion in many definitions of mild cognitive impairment (MCI). However, there is controversy over whether this is useful and appropriate, as previous research has suggested that SMC may be a function of moo... Read More about Subjective Memory Complaints are Involved in the Relationship between Mood and Mild Cognitive Impairment.