Life Extension Factor Klotho Enhances Cognition

Aging is the primary risk factor for cognitive decline, an emerging health threat to aging societies worldwide. Whether anti-aging factors such as klotho can counteract cognitive decline is unknown. We show that a lifespan-extending variant of the human KLOTHO gene, KL-VS, is associated with enhance...

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Main Authors: Dena B. Dubal, Jennifer S. Yokoyama, Lei Zhu, Lauren Broestl, Kurtresha Worden, Dan Wang, Virginia E. Sturm, Daniel Kim, Eric Klein, Gui-Qiu Yu, Kaitlyn Ho, Kirsten E. Eilertson, Lei Yu, Makoto Kuro-o, Philip L. De Jager, Giovanni Coppola, Gary W. Small, David A. Bennett, Joel H. Kramer, Carmela R. Abraham, Bruce L. Miller, Lennart Mucke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-05-01
Series:Cell Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124714002873

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