Browsing Medical Gerontology by Author "SAVVA, GEORGE"
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Alterations in the blood brain barrier in ageing cerebral cortex in relationship to Alzheimer-type pathology: a study in the MRC-CFAS population neuropathology cohort
SAVVA, GEORGE (Elsevier, 2011)Impairment of the blood brain barrier (BBB) in human brain ageing and its relationship to Alzheimer-type pathology remains poorly defined. We have investigated the BBB in temporal cortex of brain donations from a ... -
Cohort Profile: the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing.
KENNY, ROSE ANNE; O'REGAN, CLAIRE; WHELAN, BRENDAN JAMES; CRONIN, HILARY; SAVVA, GEORGE; Kearney, Patricia M.; Kamiya, Yumiko (2011)How did the study come about? Ireland shares with other developed countries the prospect of rapid and sustained population ageing. The age distribution of the Irish population is undergoing a dramatic change at present ... -
Depression, anxiety and cardiovascular disease: Which symptoms are associated with increased risk in community dwelling older adults?
KENNY, ROSE ANNE; O'REGAN, CLAIRE; LAWLOR, BRIAN; SAVVA, GEORGE; CRONIN, HILARY (2012)Depression is a risk factor for Cardiovascular Disease (CVD). It has been reported that somatic symptoms of depression and not cognitive symptoms are associated with increased risk although findings have been inconsistent. ... -
Effects of fear of falling and activity restriction on normal and dual task walking in community dwelling older adults
KENNY, ROSE; DONOGHUE, ORNA; CRONIN, HILARY; SAVVA, GEORGE; O'REGAN, CLAIRE (2013)Fear of falling (FOF) is associated with poor physical and psychosocial health and can have debilitating consequences especially when it leads to activity restriction. This study examined whether normal and dual task gait ... -
Fifty plus in Ireland 2011: First results from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)
NORMAND, CHARLES; BARRETT, ALAN; O'SULLIVAN, VINCENT; WHELAN, BRENDAN JAMES; O'REGAN, CLAIRE; MATY, SIOBHAN; KAMIYA, YUMIKO; SAVVA, GEORGE; LAYTE, RICHARD; MOSCA, IRENE; KENNY, ROSE ANNE; TIMONEN, VIRPI (Trinity College Dublin, 2011)The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) is a large-scale, nationally representative study of people aged 50 and over in Ireland. It is the most ambitious study of ageing ever carried out in Ireland and represents ...