LOS ANGELES: Researchers in Japan have found that a kind of longevity gene could prevent vascular dementia induced by cerebral infarction, which is likely to help develop new therapies to the disease.
In an experiment made by a research group comprised of researchers from National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Nagoya University and Kyoto University, Sirtuin type 1 (SIRT1)- overexpressing mice driven by a prion promoter and their wild-type littermates were subjected to bilateral common carotid artery stenosis using external microcoils…