Newswise — Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues at Boston University and elsewhere, will receive almost $19 million over five years to launch the fourth phase of the Vietnam Era Twin Study of Aging (VETSA 4). Funded by the National Institute on Aging, the grant will support ongoing research, including large-scale behavioral genetics studies, of cognition, aging and the risk for mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD).
VETSA is a set of longitudinal projects with a primary focus on examining genetic and environmental influences on brain function and aging, beginning at midlife. It was originally launched in 2002. To date, more than 1,600 identical and fraternal male-male twins have participated, all with military service at some point between 1965 and 1975, though most report no combat experience….
