"Bloody" good factors for keeping the brain young

Taylor J Stevenson; Luca Vinnell; Justin Rustenhoven

doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2023.09.007

"Bloody" good factors for keeping the brain young

Immunity. 2023 Oct 10;56(10):2185-2187. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2023.09.007.

Authors

Taylor J Stevenson¹, Luca Vinnell¹, Justin Rustenhoven²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pharmacology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; Centre for Brain Research, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
² Department of Pharmacology, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand; Centre for Brain Research, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. Electronic address: justin.rustenhoven@auckland.ac.nz.

PMID: 37820581
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2023.09.007

Abstract

The increasing burden in dementia-related disorders has necessitated improved understanding of cognitive decline. In a recent issue of Nature, Schroer et al. demonstrate that platelet factor 4 in young blood reduces age-related hippocampal dysfunction and improves cognition in aged mice.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Brain*
Cognition*
Mice