On camera for ABC27/WKOW and News 3/Channel 3000, Amy Kind, MD, PhD, and Barbara Bendlin, PhD, shared their findings from a new study recently published in JAMA Neurology.
The study “Neighborhood disadvantaged is associated with cerebral and hippocampal volume,” looked at different brain regions associated with memory and compared across individuals without signs of cognitive impairment. The researchers used the Neighborhood Atlas tool to define and localize the relative advantage of different neighborhoods across Wisconsin.
Individuals who lived in the most disadvantaged neighborhoods exhibited 4% smaller brain volume — which is equivalent to four to seven extra years of brain aging.
"Where you live impacts your brain health" aired on News 3/Channel 3000 one February 7, 2020. "UW study finds where you live impacts your brain" aired on ABC27/WKOW on February 7, 2020.
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