Characteristics of resting-state functional connectivity in older adults after the PICMOR intervention program: a preliminary report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The present study aimed to provide a basis for future research examining the neural mechanisms that underlie the beneficial effect of an intervention program, Photo-Integrated Conversation Moderated by Robots (PICMOR), on verbal fluency in older adults as identified in our previous randomized controlled trial. In this preliminary report, we conducted an additional experiment using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rsfMRI) after the intervention period. Specifically, we investigated the resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) characteristics of the intervention group (INT) compared to the control group (CONT).

Methods

rsfMRI data were acquired from 31 and 30 participants in INT and CONT, respectively, after the intervention. In the analyses,

SUBMITTER: Sugimoto H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7678164 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature