CAN · Cognition And Nutrition
„Хоризонт 2020“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“
- Период
- 2021-05-01 → 2024-01-31
- Финансиране от ЕС
- 174 928 €
- Участници
- 2
- Схема
- MSCA-IF
Линиите свързват координатора с партньорите.
Накратко на български
Храненето и конкретните хранителни вещества се изследват за влиянието им върху работата на мозъка и риска от болест на Алцхаймер. Това е важно, за да се подобри качеството на живот на възрастните хора и да се намалят тежестите от деменцията.
Кратко обяснение, генерирано от езиков модел по текста на CORDIS. Оригиналът е по-долу.
Резултати накратко
Cognition And Nutrition
Accumulating evidence suggests that adhering to healthy dietary patterns and increasing the consumption of specific macro- and micro-nutrients can enable the efficiency of neural networks, improve cognitive performance, and reduce the risk and/or delay the onset of Alzheimer’s disease in later life. Importantly, what remains to be fully understood is the specific brain regions and neural networks that are potentially mediated by nutrition. Using state of the art methodologies and technologies from the fields of nutritional epidemiology and cognitive neuroscience, nutritional cognitive neuroscience aims to advance our understanding of the beneficial effects of nutrition on the ageing brain. In terms of societal importance, as average life expectancy improves and the percentage of elderly populations expands our aging population presents significant societal and economic challenges. Of particular concern is the growing prevalence of age-related diseases (e.g., diabetes, cardiovascular disease, dementia). Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia, is one of the fastest grow age-related diseases worldwide and poses as one of the greatest health care challenges for society in terms of personal, societal and financial implications. Consequently, emphasis is being placed on preventative strategies such as nutrition to promote healthy ageing, with the aim of minimising the burden of disability and disease in later life and maximising the quality of life for individuals in their later years. The objective of the Cognition And Nutrition (CAN) project is to generate new knowledge within the field of nutritional cognitive neuroscience to better understand the ways in which aspects of brain structure and function can be supported by particular nutrients and dietary patterns. In addition, CAN will stimulate interdisciplinary collaboration and bi-directional transfer of knowledge between Irish and US research centres.
Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз
Цел на проекта
Since 2014, cross-section and interventional work at the Nutrition Research Centre Ireland, Waterford Institute of Technology has demonstrated the importance of good nutrition, and the benefits of targeted nutritional supplementation, in optimising the neurocognitive environment. Research at the centre has intensified over the last few years to support a biologically plausible rationale whereby nutritional intervention can positively impact on cognitive outcomes in cognitively healthy and mildly impaired individuals. Importantly, what remains to be fully understood is the specific brain regions and neural networks that are potentially mediated by nutrition. Inspiring new programs of medical research can translate findings from nutritional science into innovative clinical assessment tools, technologies, and therapies to advance the practice of modern medicine. At the frontiers of this path-breaking effort is research within the emerging interdisciplinary field of nutritional cognitive neuroscience (NCN), which was established at the Decision Neuroscience Laboratory, University of Illinois. Using state of the art methodologies and technologies from the fields of nutritional epidemiology and cognitive neuroscience, NCN aims to advance our understanding of the beneficial effects of nutrition on the ageing brain. The Cognition And Nutrition (CAN) project will generate new knowledge within the NCN field to better understand the ways in which aspects of brain structure and function can be supported by particular nutrients and dietary patterns. In addition, CAN will stimulate interdisciplinary collaboration and bi-directional transfer of knowledge between both centres. Ultimately, this work will have profound implications for understanding healthy brain aging and for treating age-related neurological disease, as well as improving the precision of nutritional interventions that will inform future research practices and public policy.
Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).
Участници
- SOUTH EAST TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY · WaterfordКоординаторИрландия
- THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS · UrbanaСъединени щати
Връзки
Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз