… in her 70s. The difference sparked an interest in brain aging that motivates him today as a postdoc in MIT’s Picower … Foundation for Medical Research Postdoctoral Fellowship in Aging Research, he will embark on research that could help … of the main mysteries of Alzheimer’s disease – and brain aging more generally – is why myelin degenerates, Blanchard …
… enriched environment. Tsai, a founding director of MIT's Aging Brain Initiative , is the senior author of the study, … The research was funded by the Glenn Center for Biology of Aging Research, the National Institute of Aging, the Cure Alzheimer’s Fund, and the Eunice Kennedy …
… cellular breakdowns highlight joint conference of MIT’s Aging Brain Initiative and Alana Down Syndrome Center … Oct. 5-6 MIT symposium “Glial and Neuronal Biology of the Aging Brain” pointed out, often when they make a new … relevant to others. “Our belief is that the study of the aging brain can learn a great deal from the study of Down …
… The ten neuroscientists who spoke at MIT’s Aging Brain Initiative symposium, “Molecular and Cellular … a simple, two-part question: What goes wrong in the aging brain and how can finding that out help us do something … Brunet discussed two lines of research regarding normal aging. In one, she found that T cells accumulate in the …
… the senior author of the study. Tsai also directs MIT's Aging Brain Initiative . In a study of mice, the researchers … brain tissue from the Religious Orders Study/Memory and Aging Project (ROSMAP), a longitudinal study that has tracked …
… complementary skills to a shared mission as part of MIT’s Aging Brain Initiative , the team seamlessly blends and … Tsai and Kellis speak with a colleague after a recent Aging Brain Initiative symposium “The collaboration kind of … Frontotemporal Dementia, Lewy Body Dementia, and healthy aging. Importantly, each experiment is designed together, …
… Victor will study the role of specific cell types in brain aging and cognitive decline. The research is part of Tsai’s … efforts to combat neurodegeneration as part of MIT’s Aging Brain Initiative . Fire ants and electric fish But back … in studying how inhibitory interneurons change in the aging brain. The neurons are of particular interest because …