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… September 29, 2025 Picower Events Immune-informed brain aging research offers new treatment possibilities, speakers say Before a packed house, speakers at MIT’s Aging Brain Initiative symposium described how immune system factors during aging contribute to Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and other …

… findings Antidepressant restores youthful flexibility to aging inhibitory neurons in mice A new study provides fresh … and cognitive declines associated with normal brain aging. Scientists at MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and … the visual cortex of mice remain just as abundant during aging, but their arbors become simplified and they become …

… May 18, 2020 Research Findings Study finds that aging neurons accumulate DNA damage MIT neuroscientists have … often diminished in both Alzheimer’s patients and normally aging adults. In a study of mice, the researchers showed that … researchers say. “It seems that HDAC1 is really an anti-aging molecule,” says Li-Huei Tsai , the director of MIT’s …

… Symposia September 18, 2025 The Neuro-Immune Axis and the Aging Brain The 2025 Aging Brain Initiative Symposium: The Neuro-Immune Axis and the Aging Brain   Date: Thursday, September 18, 2025 Time: … The Neuro-Immune Axis and the Aging Brain Alzheimer's Disease …

… Aging Brain Seminars August 5, 2025 Aging Brain Seminar with Ramon Sun, PhD, University of … as a Central Metabolic Driver of Alzheimer’s Disease" Aging Brain Seminar with Ramon Sun, PhD, University of … Aging Brain Seminar with Ramon Sun, PhD, University of …

… Aging Brain Seminars December 6, 2017 Aging Brain Initiative Seminar Series with Bruce Yankner, MD, … Co-Director of the Paul F. Glenn Center for the Biology of Aging Bruce Yankner, MD, PhD is Professor of Genetics and … Aging Brain Initiative Seminar Series with Bruce Yankner, MD, …

… Aging Brain Seminars May 12, 2025 Aging Brain Seminar with Andrew S. Yoo, PhD, Washington University School of Medicine Aging Brain Seminar with Andrew S. Yoo, PhD, Washington … Aging Brain Seminar with Andrew S. Yoo, PhD, Washington …

… findings MIT biologists discover an unusual hallmark of aging in neurons As we age, neurons in our brains can become … mice (top row). Lipofuscin, a molecule associated with aging-related oxidative stress, appears red. A mysterious … implicated in several neurodegenerative diseases that are aging-related, so it is important to understand how normal …

… October 23, 2023 Cutting Edge Approaches to Studying the Aging Brain The Aging Brain Initiative Fall 2023 Symposium Join us in person … on Monday, October 23 for a half day symposium by the Aging Brain Initiative at MIT, this year titled " Cutting … Cutting Edge Approaches to Studying the Aging Brain The Aging Brain Initiative Fall 2023 Symposium …

… June 9, 2025 New Research Aging Brain Initiative seed grants fund five new projects to … a variety of the challenges these diseases pose, MIT’s Aging Brain Initiative (ABI) has awarded seed grants that … five innovative research projects across campus. “The Aging Brain Initiative is a collaborative effort at MIT to …