Mediterranean diet and brain functional connectivity in a population without dementia
In conclusion, our study documented an association between higher adherence to MeDi and rs-FC in fronto-parietal and temporo-occipital regions, particularly in areas that are involved in cognitive processes altered across normal and pathological aging. From a clinical point of view, our findings support a favorable role of MeDi on FC which may have significant clinical implications in the rapidly aging population. Rs-fMRI is also proposed as a useful tool in the emerging field of nutritional neuroscience and a candidate non-invasive biomarker of brain aging.
Authors
- Vasileios Balomenos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1140-548X)
- Archontoula Drouka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7578-1863)
- Georgia Angelopoulou
- Dora Brikou
- Angeliki Tsapanou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0471-5786)
- Yian Gu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4297-1548)
- Mary Yannakoulia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2171-7337)
- Eirini Mamalaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5714-3032)
- Foteini Christidi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1297-9415)
- Nikolaos Scarmeas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6453-8908)
- Efstratios Karavasilis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7291-2231)
- Georgios Velonakis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0050-284X)
Institutions
- Democritus University of Thrace (GR)
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR)
- Trinity College Dublin (IE)
- Harokopio University of Athens (GR)
- Eginition Hospital (GR)
- Sotiria General Hospital (GR)
- Columbia University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Neuroimaging
- Published
- 2024-12-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fnimg.2024.1473399
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Diet and metabolism studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.98
Funders
- European Commission