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Project Number: | I01BX003767-05 |
Title: | Discovering Novel Mechanisms and Treatment for Aging-Related Dementia: Probing Medin and Abeta Vasculopathy |
Principal Investigator: | Raymond Migrino |
Location: | Phoenix, AZ |
Congressional District Code: | 9 |
Research Service: | Biomedical Laboratory R&D |
Project Period: | April 2021 - September 2025 |
FY 2021 Funding Amount: | $82,362 |
Total Award Amount (all years): |
$710,000 |
Abstract: |
View full abstract and other project information on NIH RePORTER Go To NIH RePORTER Excerpt: Abstract Vascular dementia (VaD) is the second most common cause of dementia overall and the most common in patients < 74 years old. In an aging veteran population, dementia is a critical health care issue that affects 7.3% of veterans ≥ 65 years old1. To prevent or manage VaD, it is critical to understand its early pathophysiology, specifically learning how vascular disease and inflammation, a process that occurs decades before VaD, modulate neuroinflammation and neurodegeneration. We have ide... |