Final thoughts

While studying the role of brain blood flow reductions in dementia, using mice as a model, Oliver Bracko, Nancy Ruiz and the team in the Schaffer-Nishimura lab at Cornell University, found that an antibody that interfered with the adhesion of white blood cells supported brain blood flow and improved memory function.

In the Brackolab at the University of Miami, Oliver will continue to investigate the link between brain blood flow and neurodegenerative disease. Their research, amongst further investigations into brain blood flow, could aid the future development of more therapeutics for slowing the progression of dementia in some patients.