UNASSIGNED: Background. Cognitive interventions for older @entity1 that may diminish the @entity73 and could delay conversion to @entity303 are of great importance. The underlying mechanisms of such interventions might be psychological compensation and neuronal plasticity. This review provides an overview of the literature concerning the evidence that cognitive interventions cause brain activation changes, even in damaged neural systems. Method. A systematic search of the literature was conducted in several international databases, Medline, Embase, Cinahl, Cochrane, and Psychinfo. The methodological quality was assessed according to the guidelines of the Dutch Institute for Health Care Improvement (CBO). Results. Nineteen relevant articles were included with varied methodological quality. All studies were conducted in diverse populations from healthy elderly to @entity1 with @entity303 and show changes in brain activation after intervention. Conclusions. The results thus far show that cognitive interventions cause changes in brain activation patterns. The exact interpretation of these neurobiological changes remains unclear. More study is needed to understand the extent to which cognitive interventions are effective to delay conversion to @entity303 . Future studies should more explicitly try to relate clinically significant improvement to changes in brain activation. Long-term follow-up data are necessary to evaluate the stability of the effects.

Cognitive Interventions in Older XXXX : Do They Change the Functioning of the Brain?

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'persons'] @entity73 :: ('MESH:D003072', 'Disease') :: ['burden of cognitive problems'] @entity303 :: ('MESH:D003704', 'Disease') :: ['dementia']
@entity1 :: (9606,Species) :: ['Persons']
