Funding Programme: RESTART 2016 – 2020 PROGRAMMES
Programming Period: 2014-2020
Project Title: The Neurocognitive Study for the Aging-Expanded
Acronym: NEUROAGE – e
Duration: 01/04/2019 – 01/04/2022 (36 months)
Total Budget: € 151.632
Partnership:
- University of Cyprus – Project Coordinator, Cyprus
- Nicosia Development Agency (ANEL)
- Ministry of Labor, Welfare and Social Insurance, Cyprus
- The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Cyprus
- Erevnitiko Idryma P. L., Cyprus
The Neurocognitive Study for the Aging-Expanded (NEUROAGE-e) will generate cutting-edge research in cognitive aging. The study of cognitive aging is concerned with age-related changes in the basic processes of learning and memory, as well as the complex higher order processes of language, reasoning, and executive functioning. Pathological aging associated with the most common cause of dementia, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a rising epidemic with a prevalence of 35.6 million worldwide and an estimated cost of over 470 billion Euros annually.
Despite significant efforts to understand the disease and the factors that contribute to the development of dementia and AD, the exact contribution of risk factors (alone or in combination) has not been fully delineated. NEUROAGE-e will expand the successful large cohort study on aging and will address the aforementioned challenge through a multimodal approach. It will integrate neuropsychological, lifestyle, and biological data using state of the art computational methods to quantitatively assess the exact contribution of modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors to cognitive decline.
For more information: Neuroage