WHITE MATTER DAMAGE IN AGE-RELATED COGNITIVE DECLINE

这个子项目是许多利用资源的研究子项目之一 由NIH/NCRR资助的中心拨款提供。子项目的主要支持 而子项目的主要调查员可能是由其他来源提供的， 包括其它NIH来源。 列出的子项目总成本可能 代表子项目使用的中心基础设施的估计数量， 而不是由NCRR赠款提供给子项目或子项目工作人员的直接资金。 该项目的目标是测试与未受影响的患者相比，血管性认知障碍，阿尔茨海默病和其他认知障碍患者的氧化应激，血管变化，认知变化和透明质酸代谢的改变如何相关。 该项目的重点是表征这些患者脑组织中透明质酸代谢的变化。

This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing the resources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. Primary support for the subproject and the subproject's principal investigator may have been provided by other sources, including other NIH sources. The Total Cost listed for the subproject likely represents the estimated amount of Center infrastructure utilized by the subproject, not direct funding provided by the NCRR grant to the subproject or subproject staff. The goal of this project is to test how oxidative stress, vascular changes, cognitive changes and alterations in hyaluronan metabolism correlate in patients with vascular cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's disease, and other cognitive disorders compared to unaffected patients. This project focuses on characterizing changes in hyaluronan metabolism in brain tissues from these patients.