Check out the latest in aging advances, research, and events from NIA:
- Online conversations show potential cognitive benefit for socially isolated older adults — A recent NIA-funded study found that socially isolated adults scored higher on cognitive tests after participating in weekly online conversations designed to stimulate brain regions associated with memory, executive function, and abstract thought.
- Scientists create tools to identify patients with potentially treatable forms of rapidly progressive dementia — NIA-funded scientists developed a clinical prediction algorithm and biomarker panel that may help health care providers identify patients with rapidly progressive dementia.
- Gaps allow substances to move in and out of the brain — An NIA-funded study showed that gaps around blood vessels allow certain cells and molecules to move between the brain and the body in both mice and people. These results could have implications for Alzheimer’s disease and related conditions, which have been linked to the buildup of waste products in the brain.
Read more of the latest NIA research news from the NIA newsroom.
