Neural Mechanisms of Cognitive Decline in Aging

衰老过程中认知能力下降的神经机制

基本信息

  • 批准号:
    9250037
  • 负责人:
  • 金额:
    $ 30.36万
  • 依托单位:
  • 依托单位国家:
    美国
  • 项目类别:
  • 财政年份:
    2007
  • 资助国家:
    美国
  • 起止时间:
    2007-08-01 至 2019-03-31
  • 项目状态:
    已结题

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Accumulating evidence indicates that during normal aging, executive functions supported by the prefrontal cortex are among the earliest and most severely impaired cognitive abilities. Executive functions, which include attention, working memory, and cognitive flexibility, are essential to the successful guidance of adaptive behavior and to higher-order aspects of cognition such as decision making. Disruption of corticolimbic g- aminobutyric acid (GABA)ergic inhibitory circuits can have profound consequences for executive function, and preliminary data indicate that prefrontal cortical GABAergic systems are dysregulated in normal aging. Our long term goal is to understand how age-related alterations in forebrain inhibitory circuitry affect executive functions, and to identify potential therapeutic targets that can be exploited to improve cognition in aged individuals. Important to this goal, we have found that there are robust individual differences in the effects of normal aging on executive function, such that some aged subjects are impaired on an attentional set shifting test of cognitive flexibility whereas others are impaired on a delayed response test of working memory. Moreover, our preliminary data suggest that these distinct forms of executive dysfunction are linked to differences in patterns of GABAergic signaling. Building on our extensive preliminary data, the objective of this proposal is to determine how altered GABAergic signaling within the prefrontal cortex affects executive function and whether this signaling can be manipulated to attenuate age-related executive impairments. Our central hypothesis is that individual differences in prefrontal cortical GABAergic signaling underlie distinct forms of executive dysfunction within aging populations. The rationale for the proposed work is that by understanding how altered inhibitory signaling in prefrontal cortex contributes to different forms of executive dysfunction, we will be well-positioned to begin to develop intervention strategies that will allow tailored and more efficacious treatments for executive decline that accompanies aging. Using an integrative approach in which we combine behavioral assays with molecular, electrophysiological, anatomical, and pharmacological studies in Fischer 344 rats, we will test our central hypothesis by: 1) determining if individual differences in prefrontal cortical GABAergic signaling contribute to different forms of age-related executive dysfunction; 2) determining if compromised regulation and activation of prefrontal cortical interneurons contributes to age-related executive dysfunction; and 3) determining if altered GABAergic signaling and executive dysfunction in aging contribute to impairments in decision making. We will employ an innovative approach which both considers individual differences and employs the evaluation of multiple subcomponents of executive function. The findings from the proposed studies will be significant because the information gained will provide foundational knowledge necessary to develop tailored treatments for remediating executive decline and promoting quality of life and independence across the full lifespan.
描述(由申请人提供):越来越多的证据表明,在正常的衰老过程中,由前额皮质支持的执行功能是最早和最严重受损的认知能力之一。执行功能,包括注意力、工作记忆和认知灵活性,对于成功指导适应性行为和认知的高级方面(如决策)至关重要。皮质边缘g-氨基丁酸(GABA)能抑制回路的破坏可能对执行功能产生深远的影响,初步数据表明前额叶皮质GABA能系统在正常衰老中失调。我们的长期目标是了解前脑抑制回路中与年龄相关的变化如何影响执行功能,并确定可以用来改善老年人认知的潜在治疗靶点。重要的是,我们发现正常衰老对执行功能的影响存在显著的个体差异,例如,一些老年受试者在认知灵活性的注意力集中转移测试中受损,而另一些在工作记忆的延迟反应测试中受损。此外,我们的初步数据表明,这些不同形式的执行功能障碍与gaba能信号模式的差异有关。基于我们广泛的初步数据,本提案的目的是确定前额皮质中gaba能信号的改变如何影响执行功能,以及是否可以通过控制这种信号来减轻与年龄相关的执行功能障碍。我们的中心假设是,前额皮质gaba能信号的个体差异是老年人群中不同形式的执行功能障碍的基础。这项工作的基本原理是,通过了解前额叶皮层中抑制信号的改变如何导致不同形式的执行功能障碍,我们将能够很好地开始制定干预策略,从而针对伴随衰老的执行功能衰退进行量身定制和更有效的治疗。采用一种综合方法,我们将Fischer 344大鼠的行为分析与分子、电生理、解剖学和药理学研究相结合,我们将通过以下方式验证我们的中心假设:1)确定前额皮质gaba能信号的个体差异是否导致不同形式的年龄相关的执行功能障碍;2)确定前额皮质中间神经元的调节和激活受损是否导致与年龄相关的执行功能障碍;3)确定衰老过程中gaba能信号的改变和执行功能障碍是否会导致决策障碍。我们将采用一种创新的方法,既考虑个体差异,又采用对执行功能的多个子组件进行评估。拟议研究的结果将具有重要意义,因为所获得的信息将为开发量身定制的治疗方法提供必要的基础知识,以纠正执行能力下降,提高整个生命周期的生活质量和独立性。

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Mechanisms and therapeutic potential of vagus nerve stimulation in aging and Alzheimer’s disease
迷走神经刺激在衰老和阿尔茨海默病中的机制和治疗潜力
  • 批准号:
    10209090
  • 财政年份:
    2021
  • 资助金额:
    $ 30.36万
  • 项目类别:
Effects of cannabis on age-related cognitive decline and Alzheimers disease pathology
大麻对与年龄相关的认知能力下降和阿尔茨海默病病理学的影响
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    10316617
  • 财政年份:
    2021
  • 资助金额:
    $ 30.36万
  • 项目类别:
Effects of cannabis on age-related cognitive decline and Alzheimers disease pathology
大麻对与年龄相关的认知能力下降和阿尔茨海默病病理学的影响
  • 批准号:
    10633300
  • 财政年份:
    2021
  • 资助金额:
    $ 30.36万
  • 项目类别:
Effects of cannabis on age-related cognitive decline and Alzheimers disease pathology
大麻对与年龄相关的认知能力下降和阿尔茨海默病病理学的影响
  • 批准号:
    10469575
  • 财政年份:
    2021
  • 资助金额:
    $ 30.36万
  • 项目类别:
Immunotherapy targeting the HPA axis in Alzheimer's disease
针对阿尔茨海默病 HPA 轴的免疫疗法
  • 批准号:
    10846355
  • 财政年份:
    2019
  • 资助金额:
    $ 30.36万
  • 项目类别:
Clinical and Translational Pre-doctoral training in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias
阿尔茨海默病和相关痴呆症的临床和转化博士前培训
  • 批准号:
    10475693
  • 财政年份:
    2018
  • 资助金额:
    $ 30.36万
  • 项目类别:
Clinical and Translational Pre-doctoral training in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias
阿尔茨海默病和相关痴呆症的临床和转化博士前培训
  • 批准号:
    10228736
  • 财政年份:
    2018
  • 资助金额:
    $ 30.36万
  • 项目类别:
2RO1AG029421 Neural Mechanisms of Age-related cognitive decline
2RO1AG029421 与年龄相关的认知能力下降的神经机制
  • 批准号:
    8852384
  • 财政年份:
    2014
  • 资助金额:
    $ 30.36万
  • 项目类别:
Basal forebrain and cognitive aging: Novel experimental and theraptutic avenues
基底前脑和认知衰老:新的实验和治疗途径
  • 批准号:
    8180233
  • 财政年份:
    2007
  • 资助金额:
    $ 30.36万
  • 项目类别:
Basal forebrain and cognitive aging: Novel experimental and theraptutic avenues
基底前脑和认知衰老:新的实验和治疗途径
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    7627219
  • 财政年份:
    2007
  • 资助金额:
    $ 30.36万
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