"Cognitive Aging" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Phenomenon that occurs when learning and memory abilities decrease naturally due to age.
| Descriptor ID |
D000066492
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G07.345.124.260
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cognitive Aging" by people in Profiles.
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Effect of transcranial direct current stimulation with cognitive training on executive functions in healthy older adults: a secondary analysis from the ACT trial. Geroscience. 2025 Feb; 47(1):1361-1380.
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Fostering healthy cognitive ageing in people living with HIV. Lancet HIV. 2025 Jan; 12(1):e71-e80.
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Facilitation of working memory capacity by transcranial direct current stimulation: a secondary analysis from the augmenting cognitive training in older adults (ACT) study. Geroscience. 2024 Oct; 46(5):4075-4110.
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Testing the structural disconnection hypothesis: Myelin content correlates with memory in healthy aging. Neurobiol Aging. 2024 09; 141:21-33.
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Positive Psychological Factors are Linked to Successful Cognitive Aging Among Older Persons Living with HIV/AIDS. AIDS Behav. 2018 May; 22(5):1551-1561.
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Conserved regulators of cognitive aging: From worms to humans. Behav Brain Res. 2017 03 30; 322(Pt B):299-310.