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Intellect declines in healthy elderly subjects and cerebellum

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Authors

Lee, Jun-Young; Lyoo, In Kyoon; Kim, Seon-Uk; Jang, Hong-Suk; Lee, Dong-Woo; Jeon, Hong-Jin; Park, Sang-Chul; Cho, Maeng Je

Issue Date
2005-02-01
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Citation
Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2005 Feb;59(1):45-51.
Keywords
AgedAging/*physiologyAtrophyCerebellum/*pathologyCerebral Cortex/*pathologyDominance, Cerebral/physiologyFemaleFrontal Lobe/pathologyHumansIntelligence/*physiologyMaleMiddle AgedPsychometrics/statistics & numerical dataStatistics as TopicWechsler Scales/statistics & numerical dataImage Processing, Computer-AssistedImaging, Three-DimensionalMagnetic Resonance Imaging
Abstract
Scores of the performance scale of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) declined linearly with age from the 6th decade, whereas those of the verbal scale did not. This decrease in performance intelligence was thought to be related to an age-related frontal atrophy. The relationship between scores of the WAIS and changes in regional cortical gray matter density were examined in healthy elderly subjects using voxel-based morphometry. Thirty healthy non-demented individuals >50 years of age were tested with the WAIS and scanned with brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The right neocerebellum was significantly associated with scores of the performance intelligence scale while frontal lobes were not. The current study suggests that the cerebellum may play an important role in changes of intellectual capacity in old age.
ISSN
1323-1316 (Print)
Language
English
URI
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=15679539

https://hdl.handle.net/10371/27902
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1819.2005.01330.x
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