Neils-Strunjas, Jean
Arjmandi, Meisam
Hajihosseini, Morteza
Riccardi, Nicholas
Vandergriff, Cara
Leonard, Mike
Newman-Norlund, Sarah
Nemati, Samaneh
Ashjaei, Samin
Droege, Laura
Salman, Nadra
Donelle, Lorie
Wang, Kesheng
Friedman, Daniela B.
Bonilha, Leonardo
Fridriksson, Julius
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of South Carolina Excellence Initiative, Aging Brain Cohort (ABC) Project through the Excellence Initiative
Article History
Received: 9 July 2025
Accepted: 25 May 2026
First Online: 30 May 2026
Declarations
Competing interests: Morteza Hajihosseini is an editorial board member of Scientific Reports. The other authors declare no competing interests.
Ethics declarations: The study was approved by the University of South Carolina Institutional Review Board (Pro00089569) on August 21, 2019. All participants gave informed consent for study participation in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.