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Frontoparietal functional dedifferentiation during naturalistic movie watching among older adults at risk of emotional vulnerability

2 months 1 week ago
Functional dedifferentiation, a hallmark of brain aging particularly evident within the frontoparietal network (FPN), has been extensively investigated in the context of cognitive decline, yet its implications for late-life mental health remain poorly understood. Leveraging naturalistic paradigm combined with gradient mapping techniques, the present study investigated FPN functional dedifferentiation-quantified by functional dispersion of FPN in the multidimensional gradient space-during...
Shuer Ye

The relationship between category-level neural differentiation and exploratory eye movements in healthy young and older adults

2 months 1 week ago
Age-related neural dedifferentiation, characterized by lower selectivity of neural responses in high-level sensory cortex, is thought to be a major contributor to age-related cognitive decline. However, the mechanisms that underlie dedifferentiation are poorly understood. Building on prior evidence that exploratory eye movements differ with age, we investigated the role that eye movement might play in age-related declines in neural selectivity. Healthy young and older adults underwent fMRI with...
Sabina Srokova

A Rare Hematopoietic Stem Cell-Derived Megakaryocyte Progenitor Accumulates via Enhanced Survival and Contributes to Exacerbated Thrombopoiesis Upon Aging

2 months 1 week ago
Distinct routes of cellular production from hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) have defined our current view of hematopoiesis. Recently, we and others have challenged classical views of platelet generation, demonstrating that megakaryocyte progenitors (MkPs) and ultimately platelets can be specified via an alternate and additive route of HSC-direct specification specifically during aging. This "shortcut" pathway generates hyperactive platelets likely to contribute to age-related platelet-mediated...
Bryce A Manso

Mitochondrial respiratory chain deficiency is associated with an impaired skeletal muscle regenerative response and fibrosis in older men with HIV

2 months 1 week ago
Despite suppressive anti-retroviral therapy (ART), some older people with HIV show adverse ageing phenotypes, and the underlying mechanisms remain incompletely understood. We recruited 30 men with HIV aged ≥ 50 years and 15 well-matched men without HIV and performed histological analyses on skeletal muscle biopsies and plasma biomarker measurement, in combination with clinical and functional assessments. Men with HIV showed higher frequencies of frailty, pre-frailty, sarcopenia, and...
Matthew Hunt