Mild cognitive impairment is associated with skeletal muscle mitochondrial deficits (Under Review)

Published in Function, 2020

Recommended citation: Morris, Jill K., Colin S. McCoin, Kelly N. Fuller, Casey S. John, Heather M. Wilkins, Xiaowan Wang, Palash Sharma et al. "Mild cognitive impairment is associated with skeletal muscle mitochondrial deficits." medRxiv (2020). https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.20.20158022

Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is associated with insulin resistance and low cardiorespiratory fitness, suggestive of impaired skeletal muscle mitochondrial function. We examined if individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), the earliest phase of AD-related cognitive decline, exhibit reduced skeletal muscle mitochondrial function, and if AD medication impacted outcomes.

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Recommended citation: Morris, Jill K., Colin S. McCoin, Kelly N. Fuller, Casey S. John, Heather M. Wilkins, Xiaowan Wang, Palash Sharma et al. “Mild cognitive impairment is associated with skeletal muscle mitochondrial deficits.” medRxiv (2020)..