Activating Immune Cells Could Revitalize the Aging Brain, Study Suggests
Wednesday, February 5, 2020 - 10:40
in Health & Medicine
Researchers at Albany Medical College in New York have discovered that a specific type of immune cell accumulates in older brains, and that activating these cells improves the memory of aged mice. The study, which will be published February 5 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine (JEM), suggests that targeting these cells might reduce age-related cognitive decline and combat aging-associated neurodegenerative disease in humans.