
NeurologyMay 1, 2021
Damage to a protective shield around the brain may lead to Alzheimer's and other diseases
The blood-brain barrier deteriorates with aging, but animal studies indicate repairs can make old brains look young again
Daniela Kaufer is Class of 1943 Memorial Chair, a professor in the department of integrative biology, an investigator at the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute and associate dean of biological sciences at the University of California, Berkeley.

Damage to a protective shield around the brain may lead to Alzheimer's and other diseases
The blood-brain barrier deteriorates with aging, but animal studies indicate repairs can make old brains look young again