The goals of this continuing project are 1.
Aim 1. To describe the course of differential brain aging vyith a focus on the best-case-scenario naturalistic study of successful aging. With that focus, the study will complement existing large-scale longitudinal investigations of typical geriatric samples. Our objective is to examine the closest approximation to successful physiological aging to be found in an unselected human population. 2.
Aim 2, To gain insights into mechanisms of age-related differential brain shrinkage by examining changes in microstructure of the white matter and indirect indices of regional brain iron content. 3.
Aim 3. To evaluate the links between age-related regional brain changes (volume, diffusion and magnetization properties, and iron content) and performance in three cognitive domains with known vulnerability to aging: episodic memory, executive functions, and speed of processing. 4.
Aim 4. To examine the effect of vascular risk factors (physiological and genetic) as modifiers of brain and cognitive aging. We will continue our investigation into the effects of sub-clinical levels of vascular risk conveyed by elevated blood pressure, circulating cardiac risk factors (homocysteine, C-reactive protein), elevated insulin, and genetic variants associated with vascular and metabolic risk (MTHFR C677T, IL1-p C511T, BDNF Val66Met, ACE l/D, ApoEpound4, diabetes risk genes, and polymorphisms related to specific neurotransmitters - acetylcholine, serotonin, dopamine).
Aim 5. Common to all listed aims is a longitudinal approach to study of biological and cognitive change with Latent Growth Curves models that allow estimation of the shape of the trajectories of aging.
Aim 6. Methodological contributions. During the proposed extension award period, we plan to initiate several methodological investigations, in which we will compared manual volumetry and ROI-based evaluation of white matter integrity with various semi-automated methods, with a hope to improve those methods to the level comparable with the """"""""golden standard.""""""""

Public Health Relevance

The proposed project is directly related to the mission of the NIA which to improve the health and well-being of older Americans through research. More specifically, the results of this project will highlight the contrast between healthy aging and age-related diseases such as Alzheimer's and vascular dementia and will contribute to understanding individual variability of aging in the context of genetics and neurobiology.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Type
Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT) Award (R37)
Project #
3R37AG011230-16S1
Application #
8145007
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (NSS)
Program Officer
Wagster, Molly V
Project Start
1993-09-30
Project End
2015-05-31
Budget Start
2010-09-30
Budget End
2011-05-31
Support Year
16
Fiscal Year
2010
Total Cost
$19,578
Indirect Cost
Name
Wayne State University
Department
Psychology
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
001962224
City
Detroit
State
MI
Country
United States
Zip Code
48202
Raz, Naftali; Daugherty, Ana M (2018) Pathways to Brain Aging and Their Modifiers: Free-Radical-Induced Energetic and Neural Decline in Senescence (FRIENDS) Model - A Mini-Review. Gerontology 64:49-57
Yuan, Peng; Voelkle, Manuel C; Raz, Naftali (2018) Fluid intelligence and gross structural properties of the cerebral cortex in middle-aged and older adults: A multi-occasion longitudinal study. Neuroimage 172:21-30
Hect, Jasmine L; Daugherty, Ana M; Hermez, Klodia M et al. (2018) Developmental variation in regional brain iron and its relation to cognitive functions in childhood. Dev Cogn Neurosci 34:18-26
Daugherty, Ana M; Raz, Naftali (2017) A virtual water maze revisited: Two-year changes in navigation performance and their neural correlates in healthy adults. Neuroimage 146:492-506
Bender, Andrew R; Naveh-Benjamin, Moshe; Amann, Katheryn et al. (2017) The role of stimulus complexity and salience in memory for face-name associations in healthy adults: Friend or foe? Psychol Aging 32:489-505
Trifan, Gabriela; Gattu, Ramtilak; Haacke, Ewart Mark et al. (2017) MR imaging findings in mild traumatic brain injury with persistent neurological impairment. Magn Reson Imaging 37:243-251
Wisse, Laura E M; Daugherty, Ana M; Olsen, Rosanna K et al. (2017) A harmonized segmentation protocol for hippocampal and parahippocampal subregions: Why do we need one and what are the key goals? Hippocampus 27:3-11
Viviano, Raymond P; Raz, Naftali; Yuan, Peng et al. (2017) Associations between dynamic functional connectivity and age, metabolic risk, and cognitive performance. Neurobiol Aging 59:135-143
Daugherty, Ana M; Raz, Naftali (2017) Incident risk and progression of cerebral microbleeds in healthy adults: a multi-occasion longitudinal study. Neurobiol Aging 59:22-29
Arshad, Muzamil; Stanley, Jeffrey A; Raz, Naftali (2017) Test-retest reliability and concurrent validity of in vivo myelin content indices: Myelin water fraction and calibrated T1 w/T2 w image ratio. Hum Brain Mapp 38:1780-1790

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