Choi, Youngtae
Lee, Shinrye
Ashim, Janbolat
Yu, Wookyung
Cho, Eunji
Lee, Ho-Won
Park, Jin-Sung
Yoon, Jong Hyuk
Kim, Hyung-Jun
Cheon, Mookyung https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6777-6725
Funding for this research was provided by:
the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korean government (RS-2024-00454715)
the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korean government (RS-2024-00343239)
the Ministry of Environment of Korea (RS-2023-00230402)
the KBRI basic research program through the Korea Brain Research Institute funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT (26-BR-04-01)
the KBRI basic research program through the Korea Brain Research Institute funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT (26-BR-02-03, 26-BR-02-05, 26-BR-04-01)
the KBRI basic research program through the Korea Brain Research Institute funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT (26-BR-02-03, 26-BR-02-05, 26-BR-04-01, 26-BR-06-02)
the Korea Technology and Information Promotion Agency for SMEs (TIPA) funded by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (RS-2024-00512888)
Article History
Received: 6 May 2026
Accepted: 7 July 2026
First Online: 10 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: All participants underwent clinical evaluation at the Neurodegenerative Disease Center of Kyungpook National University Chilgok Hospital (KNUCH) during the period from 2020 to 2023. Written informed consent was obtained from each participant and, where applicable, from their legally authorized caregivers prior to enrollment. The study protocol was reviewed and approved by the Institutional Review Board of KNUCH (approval number: KNUMC-2023-01-036-001).
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: All authors declare no conflict of interest that might potentially bias this work.