Conley Lab

University of Oklahoma Hlth Sciences Ctr

ANATOMY/CELL BIOLOGY

Oklahoma City · United States

NIH-funded
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NIH R01 · 2024

The role of IGF-1 signaling in vascular smooth muscle cells in age-related vascular cognitive impairment and dementia

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Age-related vascular cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID), a subgroup of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) is a common cause of disability and reduced quality of life among the elderly. Extensive recent data have demonstrated that microvascular pathologies in the brain play a central role in these processes. One such pathology is cerebral microhemorrhages (CMH) which are the result of rupture of small intracerebral blood vessels and progressively impairs neuronal function. The incidence of CMH dramatically increases with age and hypertension is one of the major causes for age-related cognitive decline. Yet the underlying cellular mechanisms for…

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