Aaron D. Gitler

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia are devastating neurodegenerative diseases. Knight Initiative postdoc Yi Zeng is working to understand the role a central protein plays in both diseases—and whether it might point toward new diagnostics and treatments

Four Stanford teams receive funding from the Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience to advance research on healthy brain aging and neurodegenerative diseases, including cellular resilience, a new theory of Parkinson’s Disease, and predicting individual aging trajectories.

The Knight Initiative's Year-End Symposium and Research Showcase featured a wide range of promising new approaches to understanding brain aging, resilience, and neurodegeneration.