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Brain health: Key to health, productivity, and well-being
Alzheimer's and Dementia
  • Abolfazl Avan, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine
  • Vladimir Hachinski, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
  • Anne Hege Aamodt, Oslo Universitetssykehus
  • Charles Alessi, Public Health England
  • Shehzad Ali, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
  • Suvarna Alladi, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences
  • Robert Andersen, Ivey Business School
  • Kelly K. Anderson, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
  • Abolfazl Avan, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine
  • M. Reza Azarpazhooh, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
  • Claudio L.A. Bassetti, University Hospital Bern
  • Michael Brainin, World Stroke Organization
  • Amy Brodtmann, University of Melbourne
  • Alastair M. Buchan, University of Oxford Medical Sciences Division
  • Augustina Charway-Felli, 37 Military Hospital
  • Lauren E. Cipriano, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
  • Matthias Endres, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
  • Timothy G. Evans, Université McGill
  • Antonio Federico, Università degli Studi di Siena
  • Valery L. Feigin, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
  • José M. Ferro, Santa Maria Hospital, Lisbon
  • Morris Freedman, University of Toronto
  • Stephanie J. Frisbee, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
  • Valentin Fuster, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  • Detlev Ganten, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology
  • Jason Gilliland, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
  • Vladimir Hachinski, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
  • Jun Kimura, University of Iowa
  • John Kirton, University of Toronto
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2021
URL with Digital Object Identifier
10.1002/alz.12478
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Abstract

Brain health is essential for physical and mental health, social well-being, productivity, and creativity. Current neurological research focuses mainly on treating a diseased brain and preventing further deterioration rather than on developing and maintaining brain health. The pandemic has forced a shift toward virtual working environments that accelerated opportunities for transdisciplinary collaboration for fostering brain health among neurologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, neuro and socio-behavioral scientists, scholars in arts and humanities, policymakers, and citizens. This could shed light on the interconnectedness of physical, mental, environmental, and socioeconomic determinants of brain disease and health. We advocate making brain health the top priority worldwide, developing common measures and definitions to enhance research and policy, and finding the cause of the decline of incidence of stroke and dementia in some countries and then applying comprehensive customized cost-effective prevention solutions in actionable implementation units. Life cycle brain health offers the best single individual, communal, and global investment.

Citation Information
Abolfazl Avan, Vladimir Hachinski, Anne Hege Aamodt, Charles Alessi, et al.. "Brain health: Key to health, productivity, and well-being" Alzheimer's and Dementia (2021)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jason-gilliland/32/