000285255 001__ 285255 000285255 005__ 20260217095934.0 000285255 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1016/j.bandc.2025.106392 000285255 0247_ $$2pmid$$apmid:41494311 000285255 0247_ $$2ISSN$$a0278-2626 000285255 0247_ $$2ISSN$$a1090-2147 000285255 037__ $$aDZNE-2026-00197 000285255 041__ $$aEnglish 000285255 082__ $$a610 000285255 1001_ $$aStolp, Laura$$b0 000285255 245__ $$aInformational complexity as a neural marker of cognitive reserve. 000285255 260__ $$aAmsterdam [u.a.]$$bElsevier$$c2026 000285255 3367_ $$2DRIVER$$aarticle 000285255 3367_ $$2DataCite$$aOutput Types/Journal article 000285255 3367_ $$0PUB:(DE-HGF)16$$2PUB:(DE-HGF)$$aJournal Article$$bjournal$$mjournal$$s1771318635_24540 000285255 3367_ $$2BibTeX$$aARTICLE 000285255 3367_ $$2ORCID$$aJOURNAL_ARTICLE 000285255 3367_ $$00$$2EndNote$$aJournal Article 000285255 520__ $$aIn Alzheimer's disease (AD), a mismatch between neurological damage and cognitive functioning often is attributed to individual differences in cognitive reserve. Understanding the neural mechanisms of cognitive reserve, which may differ across individuals, could help to assess the therapeutic effectiveness of interventions in AD. Here, 38 elderly participants performed a sustained attention task during high-density EEG while alert and drowsy. We defined cognitive reserve operationally as the ability to maintain task performance under drowsiness, with less impairment indicating higher reserve. Investigating performance variations during the active management of neural challenges offers a novel approach to studying cognitive reserve, capturing dynamics that mirror everyday cognitive demand. We relate performance under neural strain to various measures, including informational complexity using the Lempel-Ziv (LZsum) algorithm. We found a significant interaction between arousal and performance: LZsum values increased in high performers when drowsy but decreased in low performers. This effect was most pronounced in the frontal and central areas. These findings suggest LZsum reflects a compensatory mechanism and has potential as a neural marker of cognitive reserve. Additional structural MRI and network analyses revealed performance-related associations in entorhinal cortex, supramarginal gyrus, and frontoparietal networks, suggesting broader neural correlates of compensatory capacity. 000285255 536__ $$0G:(DE-HGF)POF4-353$$a353 - Clinical and Health Care Research (POF4-353)$$cPOF4-353$$fPOF IV$$x0 000285255 588__ $$aDataset connected to CrossRef, PubMed, , Journals: pub.dzne.de 000285255 650_7 $$2Other$$aAlzheimer’s Disease 000285255 650_7 $$2Other$$aCognitive reserve 000285255 650_7 $$2Other$$aEEG Experiment 000285255 650_7 $$2Other$$aInformational complexity 000285255 650_7 $$2Other$$aNeural Marker 000285255 650_2 $$2MeSH$$aHumans 000285255 650_2 $$2MeSH$$aCognitive Reserve: physiology 000285255 650_2 $$2MeSH$$aMale 000285255 650_2 $$2MeSH$$aFemale 000285255 650_2 $$2MeSH$$aAged 000285255 650_2 $$2MeSH$$aElectroencephalography 000285255 650_2 $$2MeSH$$aAttention: physiology 000285255 650_2 $$2MeSH$$aMagnetic Resonance Imaging 000285255 650_2 $$2MeSH$$aAged, 80 and over 000285255 650_2 $$2MeSH$$aBrain: physiology 000285255 650_2 $$2MeSH$$aBrain: diagnostic imaging 000285255 7001_ $$aMandke, Kanad N$$b1 000285255 7001_ $$aMediano, Pedro Am$$b2 000285255 7001_ $$0P:(DE-2719)9002125$$aGellersen, Helena M$$b3$$udzne 000285255 7001_ $$aSwartz, Alex$$b4 000285255 7001_ $$aRudzka, Katarzyna$$b5 000285255 7001_ $$aSimons, Jon$$b6 000285255 7001_ $$aBekinschtein, Tristan A$$b7 000285255 7001_ $$aBor, Daniel$$b8 000285255 773__ $$0PERI:(DE-600)1462261-0$$a10.1016/j.bandc.2025.106392$$gVol. 193, p. 106392 -$$p106392$$tBrain and cognition$$v193$$x0278-2626$$y2026 000285255 8564_ $$uhttps://pub.dzne.de/record/285255/files/DZNE-2026-00197.pdf$$yRestricted 000285255 8564_ $$uhttps://pub.dzne.de/record/285255/files/DZNE-2026-00197.pdf?subformat=pdfa$$xpdfa$$yRestricted 000285255 9101_ $$0I:(DE-588)1065079516$$6P:(DE-2719)9002125$$aDeutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen$$b3$$kDZNE 000285255 9131_ $$0G:(DE-HGF)POF4-353$$1G:(DE-HGF)POF4-350$$2G:(DE-HGF)POF4-300$$3G:(DE-HGF)POF4$$4G:(DE-HGF)POF$$aDE-HGF$$bGesundheit$$lNeurodegenerative Diseases$$vClinical and Health Care Research$$x0 000285255 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0420$$2StatID$$aNationallizenz$$d2024-12-16$$wger 000285255 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0200$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bSCOPUS$$d2024-12-16 000285255 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0300$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bMedline$$d2024-12-16 000285255 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0199$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bClarivate Analytics Master Journal List$$d2024-12-16 000285255 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0160$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bEssential Science Indicators$$d2024-12-16 000285255 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)1180$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bCurrent Contents - Social and Behavioral Sciences$$d2024-12-16 000285255 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)1030$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bCurrent Contents - Life Sciences$$d2024-12-16 000285255 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0130$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bSocial Sciences Citation Index$$d2024-12-16 000285255 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0113$$2StatID$$aWoS$$bScience Citation Index Expanded$$d2024-12-16 000285255 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0150$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bWeb of Science Core Collection$$d2024-12-16 000285255 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0100$$2StatID$$aJCR$$bBRAIN COGNITION : 2022$$d2024-12-16 000285255 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0600$$2StatID$$aDBCoverage$$bEbsco Academic Search$$d2024-12-16 000285255 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)0030$$2StatID$$aPeer Review$$bASC$$d2024-12-16 000285255 915__ $$0StatID:(DE-HGF)9900$$2StatID$$aIF < 5$$d2024-12-16 000285255 9201_ $$0I:(DE-2719)5000070$$kAG Berron$$lClinical Cognitive Neuroscience$$x0 000285255 980__ $$ajournal 000285255 980__ $$aEDITORS 000285255 980__ $$aVDBINPRINT 000285255 980__ $$aI:(DE-2719)5000070 000285255 980__ $$aUNRESTRICTED