The Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Human Aging

Fozard, J L.

Abstract

The Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA) is a major research resource for scientists doing work in the field of Gerontology. It provides a well-described group of men and women between 20 and 96 years of age for studies of the mechanisms of human aging. Currently some 50 projects in physiology, biochemistry, psychology, nutrition, pharmacology, endocrinology, and genetics, are in progress, being carried out by intramural scientists in 11 sections of 8 different laboratories.

Funding Agency

• Agency: National Institute of Health (NIH)
• Institute: National Institute on Aging (NIA)
• Type: Intramural Research (Z01)
• Project #: 1Z01AG000015-30
• Application #: 3821405
• Support Year: 30
• Fiscal Year: 1987

Institution

• Name: Aging
• Country: United States

Publications

Agrawal, A; Chou, Y-L; Carey, C E et al. (2018) Genome-wide association study identifies a novel locus for cannabis dependence. Mol Psychiatry 23:1293-1302

Meier, Helen C S; Sandler, Dale P; Simonsick, Eleanor M et al. (2016) Association between Vitamin D Deficiency and Antinuclear Antibodies in Middle-Aged and Older U.S. Adults. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 25:1559-1563

Cheng, Yu-Ching; Stanne, Tara M; Giese, Anne-Katrin et al. (2016) Genome-Wide Association Analysis of Young-Onset Stroke Identifies a Locus on Chromosome 10q25 Near HABP2. Stroke 47:307-16

Jerome, Gerald J; Ko, Seung-uk; Kauffman, Danielle et al. (2015) Gait characteristics associated with walking speed decline in older adults: results from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging. Arch Gerontol Geriatr 60:239-43

Malik, Rainer; Freilinger, Tobias; Winsvold, Bendik S et al. (2015) Shared genetic basis for migraine and ischemic stroke: A genome-wide analysis of common variants. Neurology 84:2132-45

Milaneschi, Yuri; Sutin, Angelina R; Terracciano, Antonio et al. (2014) The association between leptin and depressive symptoms is modulated by abdominal adiposity. Psychoneuroendocrinology 42:1-10

Becker, Robert E; Greig, Nigel H; Giacobini, Ezio et al. (2014) A new roadmap for drug development for Alzheimer's disease. Nat Rev Drug Discov 13:156

Traylor, Matthew; Mäkelä, Kari-Matti; Kilarski, Laura L et al. (2014) A novel MMP12 locus is associated with large artery atherosclerotic stroke using a genome-wide age-at-onset informed approach. PLoS Genet 10:e1004469

Ay, Hakan; Arsava, Ethem Murat; Andsberg, Gunnar et al. (2014) Pathogenic ischemic stroke phenotypes in the NINDS-stroke genetics network. Stroke 45:3589-96

Malik, Rainer; Bevan, Steve; Nalls, Michael A et al. (2014) Multilocus genetic risk score associates with ischemic stroke in case-control and prospective cohort studies. Stroke 45:394-402