The goal of this Training Program is to prepare promising graduate students and postdoctoral fellows for successful careers in the neurobiology of aging. We will provide broad-based training in modern concepts in the neurobiology of aging with an emphasis on cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying aging processes and possible therapeutic interventions. The unifying focus of the training faculty is our interest in understanding both normal and pathological mechanisms by which the nervous system responds to changes that occur with age and emerging concepts in therapeutic intervention. This Training Program provides the formal framework for faculty in different departments, who share a common interest in the molecular- cellular basis of brain aging and translational research, to provide in-depth training in aging. The emphasis of the Training Faculty complement each other: some focus on processes that occur in the brain during normal aging, others emphasize the neuropathological processes of diseases and injuries that predominate in the aging brain, and there is a combined interest in applying this knowledge to treating neural disorders of aging. Thus, trainees will learn from faculty who utilize a broad spectrum of state-of-the-art methodological approaches to probe critical questions in aging research. Our successes attest to our abilityto identify, attract, train and place promising young investigators in the area of the neurobiology of aging. Now more than ever before, we are particularly qualified to train graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. The national need for training new investigators in the area of aging is clear due to our changing demography and the increasing average lifespan. Normal aging or pathology of the nervous system underlies much age-associated morbidity. Only if we better understand the basic mechanisms that regulate the aging of the brain and apply this to the treatment ofthe elderly, can we hope to improve the qualityof life during the latter half ofthe lifespan. Our ability to attract and train graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to meet the challenges in the area of the neurobiology of aging will be greatly enhanced by this Training Program.

Public Health Relevance

This Program will train the next generation of scientists to carryout research on the neurobilogy of aging. Dramatic improvements in the treatment of age-related illnesses such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, stroke, epilepsy and others are need for the aging world population. Only through training of such research areas can we hope to make strides in new treatments for illnesses that cost us billions.

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
Type
Institutional National Research Service Award (T32)
Project #
5T32AG000242-19
Application #
8253786
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZAG1-ZIJ-7 (J4))
Program Officer
Wise, Bradley C
Project Start
1994-09-30
Project End
2014-04-30
Budget Start
2012-05-01
Budget End
2013-04-30
Support Year
19
Fiscal Year
2012
Total Cost
$248,916
Indirect Cost
$16,987
Name
University of Kentucky
Department
Anatomy/Cell Biology
Type
Schools of Medicine
DUNS #
939017877
City
Lexington
State
KY
Country
United States
Zip Code
40506
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