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Brain Function and Falls
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Callisaya, M and Jayakody, O and Delbaere, K, Brain Function and Falls, Falls in Older People - Risk Factors, Strategies for Prevention and Implications for Practice, Cambridge University Press, SR Lord, C Sherrington and V Naganathan (ed), United Kingdom, pp. 130-143. ISBN 9781108594455 (2021) [Research Book Chapter]
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DOI: doi:10.1017/9781108594455.008
Abstract
Ageing is associated with a wide range of changes in the brain, including grey and white matter atrophy, as well as markers of small vessel disease such as white matter hyperintensities, microbleeds, and infarcts. Furthermore, beta-amyloid plaques and tau (the hallmarks of Alzheimer’s disease) are evident in the brain years before symptoms of dementia appear. A brain free of disease, with intact grey and white matter, is essential for the fast and efficient operation of the neural networks during daily life activities, and therefore also in reducing the risk of falling.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Research Book Chapter |
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| Keywords: | geriatrics, neurology, clinical neuroscience, medicine, brain, falls |
| Research Division: | Biomedical and Clinical Sciences |
| Research Group: | Clinical sciences |
| Research Field: | Geriatrics and gerontology |
| Objective Division: | Health |
| Objective Group: | Provision of health and support services |
| Objective Field: | Primary care |
| UTAS Author: | Callisaya, M (Dr Michele Callisaya) |
| ID Code: | 150256 |
| Year Published: | 2021 |
| Deposited By: | Menzies Institute for Medical Research |
| Deposited On: | 2022-06-05 |
| Last Modified: | 2022-07-26 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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