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Climate change and disorders of the nervous system
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Anthropogenic climate change is affecting people's health, including those with neurological and psychiatric diseases. Currently, making inferences about the effect of climate change on neurological and psychiatric diseases is challenging because of an overall sparsity of data, differing study methods, paucity of detail regarding disease subtypes, little consideration of the effect of individual and population genetics, and widely differing geographical locations with the potential for regional influences. However, evidence suggests that the incidence, prevalence, and severity of many nervous system conditions (eg, stroke, neurological infections, and some mental health disorders) can be affected by climate change. The data show broad and complex adverse effects, especially of temperature extremes to which people are unaccustomed and wide diurnal temperature fluctuations. Protective measures might be possible through local forecasting. Few studies project the future effects of climate change on brain health, hindering policy developments. Robust studies on the threats from changing climate for people who have, or are at risk of developing, disorders of the nervous system are urgently needed.
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- Authors
- Sisodiya, S. M., Gulcebi, M. I., Fortunato, F., Mills, J. D., Haynes, E., Bramon, E., Chadwick, P., Ciccarelli, O., David, A. S., De Meyer, K., Fox, N. C., Davan Wetton, J., Koltzenburg, M., Kullmann, D. M., Kurian, M. A., Manji, H., Maslin, M. A., Matharu, M., Montgomery, H., Romanello, M., Werring, D. J., Zhang, L., Friston, K. J., & Hanna, M. G.
- Affiliations
- UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology (GB)
- University College London (GB)
- UCL Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
- UK Dementia Research Institute (GB)
- National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (GB)
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Sisodiya, Sanjay M
- ORCID
- Sisodiya, Sanjay M
- Gulcebi, Medine I
- Fortunato, Francesco
- Mills, James D
- Bramon, Elvira
- Chadwick, Paul
- Ciccarelli, Olga
- David, Anthony S
- Fox, Nick C
- Koltzenburg, Martin
- Kullmann, Dimitri M
- Kurian, Manju A
- Manji, Hadi
- Maslin, Mark A
- Matharu, Manjit
- Montgomery, Hugh
- Romanello, Marina
- Werring, David J
- Zhang, Lisa
- Friston, Karl J
- Hanna, Michael G
- Venue
- The Lancet Neurology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2024-06
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 636-648
- ISSN
- 1474-4422 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W4396915267
- Cited by
- 105
- References
- 136
- Citations by year
- 2026: 40 · 2025: 51 · 2024: 14
- FWCI
- 4.51
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- discovery.ucl.ac.uk
- Licence
- Locations
- The Lancet Neurology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Wellcome Trust
- MRC
- Epilepsy Society
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Keywords
- climate change, neurological disorders, mental illness, temperature extremes, diurnal temperature range, stroke, neurological infections, mental health, climate change adaptation
- MeSH terms
- Humans, Nervous System Diseases, Climate Change
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