Brain -- Aging

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"In America today, there are 46 million people over the age of 65 and there will be over 98 million by 2060. With aging, there are many neurological diseases that can adversely affect the brain, such as Alzheimer's disease, Lewy body dementia, and Parkinson's disease. These dise…

With the proportion of the aged in the population rapidly increasing, especially those 80 and beyond, it has become imperative to understand not only how to prevent and treat the disabilities and diseases of old age, and to prolong and improve functional ability. The biology of …

This dissertation explored the hypothesis that major depressive disorder (MDD) prematurely ages the immune system and central nervous system (CNS). The first empirical chapter, Chapter 2, found that participants with a history of cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection had greater accum…