To shed light on how the human brain ages, study reveals new insights from mice

By scanning the brains of mice throughout their lifespans, scientists at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute and the University of Texas at Dallas have discovered that the human brain is not unique in how it changes with age. These findings might one day help researchers pinpoint mechanisms in humans that confer vulnerability to, or grant resilience from, age-related brain decline, diseases and disorders. Their research is published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.