Research unveils target to reduce inflammation in aging brain


By Darla Brown, Office of Communications
July 19, 2024

Research from the Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Management and the Department of Internal Medicine reveals a new understanding of age-related inflammation in the brain, paving the way for possible treatments of multiple neurological disorders.

Led by Wei Cao, PhD, professor, Center for Perioperative Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care, and Pain Management, the research recently was published as “Fate-mapping and functional dissection reveal perilous influence of type 1 interferon signaling in mouse brain aging in Molecular Neurodegeneration, an open access journal of Springer Nature.

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