Effect of cognitive training on cortisol levels in patients with neurocognitive disorders
Cognitive training may help lower cortisol levels and enhance cognitive function in NCD patients, suggesting its potential as a nonpharmacological tool to modulate hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activity. Larger randomized studies are needed to confirm and extend these findings.
Authors
- Adele Ravelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6345-6836)
- Anna Bertocco (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0652-1064)
- Daniela Mapelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2168-1426)
- Rita Andreuzza
- Giulia Salerno Trapella
- Chiara Curreri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9157-2490)
- Irene Tizianel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4092-5107)
- Michela Sarlo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6652-7604)
- Maria V. DeVita
- Chiara Ceolin
- Giuseppe Sergi
- Bruno Micael Zanforlini
- Giorgia Antonelli
- Alessandra Coin
- Enrico Conti
Institutions
- University of Padua (IT)
- University of Urbino (IT)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- International Renal Research Institute of Vicenza (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journals of Gerontology Series B
- Published
- 2025-12-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaf243
- Primary Topic
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00