Author:
Takeuchi Hikaru,Kawashima Ryuta
Abstract
IntroductionTV viewing in the elderly and in children is associated with subsequent greater decline of various cognitive functions including verbal working memory, but results of its association with subsequent risk of dementia were divided.MethodsIn this longitudinal cohort study of UK Biobank, we investigated the associations of TV viewing length with subsequent risk of dementia and longitudinal changes of brain structural measures after corrections of a wide range of potential confounders.ResultsOur results showed longer TV viewing was associated with increased risk of subsequent onset of dementia, as well as subsequent greater decline in intracellular volume fraction (ICVF) in the extensive areas of right lateral temporal cortex and the right medial temporal cortex, in the area around the left middle and inferior temporal cortex as well as the left fusiform gyrus, and the area adjacent to the left inferior frontal gyrus, and left insula.DiscussionThese results may suggest prolonged TV viewing was associated with decline in density of neurites (axon, dendrites) in areas particularly implicated in language, communication, and memory, which are altered in dementia.
Funder
Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology
Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society
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