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Science: Study reveals brain-aging in primates

Researchers have identified a gene that plays a key role in brain aging, providing insights into the process. The molecular mechanisms remain to be studied in nonhuman primates. Researchers from the Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences and other research institutions used 547 indicators from 44 brain areas in four young and three aged macaques to study alterations during aging. According to the report published in the journal Genome Biology, they found a decreased tendency of connectivity among multiple brain regions and between the left and right brain hemispheres during aging.

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