Opioids and Accelerated Brain Aging: The White Matter Matters

Mayo Clin Proc. 2024 May;99(5):691-692. doi: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2024.03.003.

Author

Robert J Pignolo¹

Affiliation

¹ Divisions of Hospital Internal Medicine and Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism and Nutrition, Department of Medicine; Section on Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology; and Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 38702120
DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2024.03.003

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Aging* / physiology
Analgesics, Opioid* / adverse effects
Brain / diagnostic imaging
Humans
White Matter* / diagnostic imaging
White Matter* / pathology

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid