Abigail Dove

I am a post-doctoral researcher in neuroepidemiology at the Aging Research Center (ARC) working under the supervision of Professor Weili Xu. My research focuses on the connection between cardiovascular and metabolic disorders and brain/cognitive health. Specifically, I am interested in the association between cardiometabolic factors (alone and in combination) and cognitive decline, dementia, and the development of different brain pathologies, and whether this can be mitigated by modifiable lifestyle factors. 

PhD thesis: "Cardiometabolic disease and dementia risk: identifying compensatory factors"

Most relevant publications:

Dove A, Wang J, Huang H, Dunk MM, Sakakibara S, Guitart-Masip M, Papenberg G, Xu W. (2024) “Diabetes, prediabetes, and brain aging: the role of healthy lifestyle.” Diabetes Care 47(10): 1794-1802. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc24-0860 

Dove A, Dunk MM, Wang J, Guo J, Whitmer RA, Xu W. (2024) “Anti-inflammatory diet and dementia in older adults with cardiometabolic diseases.” JAMA Network Open 7(8): e2427125. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.27125

Dove A, Yang W, Dekhtyar S, Guo J, Wang J, Marseglia A, Vetrano DL, Whitmer RA, Xu W. (2024) “High cognitive reserve attenuates the risk of dementia associated with cardiometabolic disease.” Alzheimer's Research and Therapy 16:161. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13195-024-01528-2 

Dove A, Guo J, Wang J, Vetrano DL, Sakakibara S, Laukka EJ, Bennett DA, Xu W. (2024) “Cardiometabolic disease, cognitive decline, and brain structure in middle and older age.” Alzheimer's and Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment, and Disease Monitoring 16: e12566. https://doi.org/10.1002/dad2.12566 

Dove A, Xu W. (2023) “Cardiometabolic multimorbidity and cognitive decline.” The Lancet Healthy Longevity 4(6): E241-E242 https://doi.org/10.1016/S2666-7568(23)00053-3

Dove A, Guo J, Marseglia A, Fastbom J, Vetrano DL, Fratiglioni L, Pedersen N, Xu W. (2023) “Cardiometabolic multimorbidity and incident dementia: the Swedish twin registry.” European Heart Journal 44(7): 573-582. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehac744 

Dove A, Marseglia A, Shang Y, Vetrano DL, Grande G, Laukka EJ, Fratiglioni L, Xu W. (2022) “Cardiometabolic multimorbidity accelerates cognitive decline and dementia progression.” Alzheimer's and Dementia 19(3): 821-830. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.12708 

Dove A, Guo J, Calderón-Larrañaga A, Vetrano DL, Fratiglioni L, Xu W. (2022) “Association of social isolation with reduced mental well-being in Swedish older adults during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: the role of cardiometabolic diseases.” Aging 14(6): 2462-2474. https://doi.org/10.18632/aging.203956

Dove A, Shang Y, Grande G, Laukka EJ, Fratiglioni L, Xu W, Marseglia A. (2021) “The impact of diabetes on cognitive impairment and its progression to dementia.” Alzheimer's and Dementia 17(11): 1769-1778. https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.12482