Medical Xpress December 27, 2024
Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have collaborated with international partners to explore if societal inequality affects the brain.
Their research paper “Structural inequality linked to brain volume and network dynamics in aging and dementia across the Americas” was published in Nature Aging on December 27th by an international team of researchers from the Multipartner Consortium to expand dementia research in Latin America (ReDLat), the Latin American Brain Health Institute (BrainLat), the GIobal Brain Health Institute (GBHI) at Trinity College Dublin, and other centers across the globe.
The study reveals a direct link between structural inequality—such as socioeconomic disparities measured by a country-level index (GINI)—and changes in brain structure and connectivity associated with aging and dementia.
The study also sheds light...
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