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Linda Van Eldik recently received a three-year, $300,000 award from the BrightFocus Foundation to support her research project on how specific brain cells may contribute to the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.

Registration is open for the 2024 Neuroscience Clinical-Translational Research Symposium, Oct. 24-25 in the Healthy Kentucky Research Building.

Work by several researchers within UK's Sanders-Brown Center on Aging was recently published in the prestigious journal Nature Genetics.

Two new publications from UK researchers highlight critical advancements in Alzheimer's disease research and their intersection with other fields.

Research from the UK’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging shows evidence that the cognitive impairments observed in long COVID patients share similarities with those seen in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. 

The 14th annual Markesbery Symposium on Aging and Dementia is set for Sept. 27-28.

A new project at UK will expand new avenues to develop community-engaged health equity research expertise among early-stage investigators.

The fellowship empowers undergraduates to become leaders for their respective communities by providing opportunities to develop knowledge and skills through research within UK’s Research Priority Areas.

The NIH grant will provide the opportunity to carry out the first double-blinded study of the approach which combines deep brain stimulation with an experimental nerve-grafting procedure.

Researchers from UK's Sanders-Brown Center on Aging are some of the first to show socialization and enrichment are good for aging brains.