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Iron status is associated with mood, cognition, and functional ability in older...
Portugal-Nunes, Carlos; Castanho, Teresa Costa; Amorim, Liliana; Moreira, Pedro Silva; Mariz, José; Marques, Fernanda; Sousa, NunoSeveral conditions are risk factors for iron deficiency (ID), some of which are highly prevalent in older individuals. Despite the amount of evidence pointing for a role of ID in cognition, mood and physical functional ability, the research addressing these associations in older individuals is still scarce. In the present study, 162 older community-dwelling individuals (29.53% classified as ID) were enrolled in...
Functional Hemispheric (A)symmetries in the Aged Brain-Relevance for Working Me...
Esteves, Madalena; Magalhães, Ricardo José Silva; Marques, Paulo; Castanho, Teresa Jesus Costa; Portugal-Nunes, Carlos; Soares, José M.Functional hemispheric asymmetries have been described in different cognitive processes, such as decision-making and motivation. Variations in the pattern of left/right activity have been associated with normal brain functioning, and with neuropsychiatric diseases. Such asymmetries in brain activity evolve throughout life and are thought to decrease with aging, but clear associations with cognitive function hav...
Poor sleep quality associates with decreased functional and structural brain co...
Amorim, Liliana; Magalhães, Ricardo; Coelho, Ana; Moreira, Pedro Silva; Portugal-Nunes, Carlos; Castanho, Teresa Costa; Marques, Paulo; Sousa, NunoSleep is a ubiquitous phenomenon, essential to the organism homeostasis. Notwithstanding, there has been an increasing concern with its disruption, not only within the context of pathological conditions, such as neurologic and psychiatric diseases, but also in health. In fact, sleep complaints are becoming particularly common, especially in middle-aged and older adults, which may suggest an underlying susceptib...