Cholinergic neurotransmission in the anterior cingulate cortex is associated with cognitive performance in healthy older adults: Baseline characteristics of the Improving Neurologi... by Ana de Figueiredo Pelegrino, Mouna Attarha, Paule-Joanne Toussaint, Lydia Ouellet, Sarah-Jane Grant, Thomas Van Vleet, Etienne de Villers-Sidani

“…Aging is associated with dysfunction in the cholinergic system, including degeneration of basal forebrain cholinergic terminals that innervate the cortex, which directly contributes to age- and disease-related cognitive decline. …”
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Abnormal resting-state functional connectivity within the default mode network subregions in male patients with obstructive sleep apnea by Li H, Nie X, Gong H, Zhang W, Nie S, Peng D

“…Hai-Jun Li,1 Xiao Nie,1 Hong-Han Gong,1 Wei Zhang,2 Si Nie,1 De-Chang Peng11Department of Radiology, 2Department of Pneumology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, People’s Republic of ChinaBackground and objective: Abnormal resting-state functional connectivity (rs-FC) between the central executive network and the default mode network (DMN) in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) has been reported. …”
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Neuroimaging Insights into the Public Health Burden of Neuropsychiatric Disorders: A Systematic Review of Electroencephalography-Based Cognitive Biomarkers by Evgenia Gkintoni, Apostolos Vantarakis, Philippos Gourzis

“…It evaluates how EEG-derived markers can reflect neuro-cognitive dysfunction and inform personalized and scalable mental health interventions. …”
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Clinical and neuroimaging aspects of formal thought disorder in schizophrenia: a brief narrative review by O. A. Levada, O. S. Troian

“…Treatment strategies for FTD should include effects on astroglial and microglial dysfunction.…”
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Arginine metabolism and neurocognitive impairment in offspring of bipolar parents: a high-risk case-control study by Gökçeçiçek Arıcı Sağlıyan, Fatih Hilmi Çetin, Fikret Akyürek, Oğuzhan Tok, Özlem Çiçek Zekey, Mustafa Esad Tezcan, Bilal Sağlıyan, Serhat Türkoğlu, Halit Necmi Uçar, Bahadır Öztürk, Kürşat Altınbaş

“…The impairment in neurocognitive functions in the high-risk group was found to be correlated with ADMA, L-NMMA, citrulline, homoarginine, ornithine levels, and NOS activity level.DiscussionThese findings highlight a potential link between arginine metabolism and executive dysfunction in individuals at high risk for BD. …”
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Barriers and Facilitators to Participation in Clinical Trials Related to Familial Frontotemporal Dementia: A Qualitative Study by David Zammitt, Emilie V. Brotherhood, Caroline Fearn, Caroline Greaves, Ollie Hayes, Emma Harding, Madalena Lykourgos, Jonathan D. Rohrer, Josh Stott

“…ABSTRACT Aims Familial frontotemporal dementia (fFTD) is an inherited neurodegenerative condition characterised by executive dysfunction, impairments in social cognition, behaviour and language. …”
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Analysis of brain dynamics changes in patients with cerebral small vessel disease-related cognitive impairment based on electroencephalogram microstates by Xin Jin, Yanru Zhou, Diwen Zhang, Xiu Chen, Jianghai Ruan, Dengfu Fang

“…Abstract Objective Cognitive dysfunction is one of the main clinical features in patients with cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD). …”
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Binswanger's disease and quantitative fractional anisotropy Doença de Binswanger e anisotropia fracionada quantitativa by Eliasz Engelhardt, Denise Madeira Moreira, Gilberto Sousa Alves, Maria Elisa Oliveira Lanna, Carlos Eduardo de Oliveira Alves, Letice Ericeira-Valente, Felipe Kenji Sudo, Jerson Laks

“…The more severely affected frontal region is related to executive dysfunction, a characteristic feature of Binswanger's disease.…”
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Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor activated effectors in principal neurons of the rat basolateral amygdala by Todd J. Sahagian, Scott W. Harden, Jennifer L. Bizon, Jennifer L. Bizon, Barry Setlow, Barry Setlow, Charles J. Frazier, Charles J. Frazier

“…Improved understanding of these effectors will provide potentially valuable new insights on the wide range of mechanisms through which cholinergic system dysfunction can lead to impaired executive function.…”
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Can targeted cognitive intervention improve rehabilitation outcome in hip fracture patients: a randomized controlled trial by Yedida Borow, Renata Efrati, Noa Doron, Michal Tzin, Yaara Ginsburg, Daniela Gesner, Avital Hershkovitz

“…Eighty patients were randomly assigned to two groups: group A (intervention) received targeted cognitive intervention, based on concepts from ''The multi-context approach to cognitive rehabilitation of executive dysfunction'' and group B (controls) received conventional occupational therapy. …”
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Neurocognitive functioning over the course of STAIR Narrative Therapy for ICD-11 complex PTSD by Madoka Niwa, Tomoko Kato, Yosuke Suga, Rieko Otomo, Mayumi Sugawara, Mie Matsui, Toshiko Kamo, Hiroaki Hori, Yoshiharu Kim

“…Background: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been associated with impairments in neurocognitive functions, particularly in memory, attention, and executive function. These problems can interfere with the individual’s daily functioning and recovery. …”
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Subregional analysis of the amygdala, thalamus, and hypothalamus at the pre-decline stage in Parkinson’s disease with later cognitive impairment by Kazuhide Seo, Genko Oyama, Toshimasa Yamamoto, Toshimasa Yamamoto

“…In contrast, widespread structural changes were observed in cortical regions in the PDCI group, which showed stronger correlations with memory, attention, executive function, and visuospatial abilities. Hazard ratio analysis confirmed that structural changes in multiple cortical regions were significant predictors of cognitive decline. …”
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Semaglutide and High-Intensity Interval Exercise Attenuate Cognitive Impairment in Type 2 Diabetic Mice via BDNF Modulation by Sijie Lai, Zhenghong Kang, Jianting Sun, Ziyu Wang, Yanzi Xu, Sisi Xing, Mengying Feng, Yiyi Wang, Hua Liu

“…<b data-eusoft-scrollable-element="1">Background/Objectives</b>: Diabetes frequently leads to cognitive impairment, encompassing issues with memory and executive function, as well as depression and anxiety. …”
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Exploring the impact of pregnancy on cognitive function: a comparative study in a low-income setting by Syed Aman Ali, Muhammad Sualeh, Ghana Raza, Mohammad Sabeeh ul haq, Laiba Hissan, Duaa Zafar, Muhammad Adnan, Syed Kauser Ali

“…Abstract Background Cognitive dysfunction is a significant contributor to mental health complexities during pregnancy, potentially leading to heightened rates of pregnancy-related mortality and inadequate prenatal care. …”
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Neonatal Hypoglycemia and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes—An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Shivashankar Diggikar, Paula Trif, Diana Mudura, Arun Prasath, Jan Mazela, Maria Livia Ognean, Boris W. Kramer, Radu Galis

“…Visual-motor impairment (OR = 3.33; 95%CI = 1.14–9.72) and executive dysfunction (OR = 1.99; 95%CI = 1.36–2.91) were also more common in the hypoglycemic group. …”
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Cognitive recovery of post critical care patients with and without COVID-19: differences and similarities, an observational study by Anna Gorsler, Christiana Franke, Anneke Quitschau, Nadine Külzow

“…Cognitive functions (information processing speed, learning, recognition, short-term and working-memory, word fluency, flexibility) assigned to different domains (attention, memory, executive functions) were assessed as primary outcome. …”
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Neck and mind: exploring emotion processing in cervical dystonia by Federico Carbone, Marina Peball, Philipp Ellmerer, Beatrice Heim, Wolfgang Nachbauer, Elisabetta Indelicato, Matthias Amprosi, Philipp Mahlknecht, Anna Hussl, Anna Hotter, Roberta Granata, Klaus Seppi, Klaus Seppi, Atbin Djamshidian, Sylvia Boesch

“…ObjectiveA wide range of non-motor symptoms such as pain, mood disorders, insomnia, and executive dysfunction may occur in focal dystonia. …”
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Causal effect of three autoimmune diseases on brain functional networks and cerebrospinal fluid metabolites to underlie the pathogenesis of autoimmune psychosis: a two-sample mende... by Weiman Shi, Min Chen, Rongai Wang, Chengping Wen, Lin Huang, Qiao Wang

“…Furthermore, all three diseases were significantly associated with the temporal lobe and triple networks (default mode network (DMN), salience network (SN), and central executive network (CEN)), which are the core brain regions and functional networks for cognition. …”
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Sex differences in attention deficit hyperactivity symptom severity and functional connectivity of the dorsal striatum in young adults by Yu Chen, Guangfei Li, Jaime S. Ide, Xingguang Luo, Chiang-Shan R. Li

“…Although studies have implicated basal ganglia dysfunction, the functional connectivity (FC) of the dorsal striatum (DS), particularly in terms of sex differences, has not been fully investigated in ADHD. …”
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Capturing trial-by-trial variability in behaviour: people with Parkinson’s disease exhibit a greater rate of short-term fluctuations in response times by Hayley J. MacDonald, Ole Bernt Fasmer, Olav T. Jønsi, Lin Sørensen

“…Abstract Average response time is frequently used to reflect executive function. Less often studied is intra-individual variability in response times (IIVRT) which reflects within-person consistency. …”
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