2019
Midlife Study of the Louisville Twins: Connecting Cognitive Development to Biological and Cognitive Aging
Beam CR, Turkheimer E, Finkel D, Levine ME, Zandi E, Guterbock TM, Giangrande EJ, Ryan L, Pasquenza N, Davis DW. Midlife Study of the Louisville Twins: Connecting Cognitive Development to Biological and Cognitive Aging. Behavior Genetics 2019, 50: 73-83. PMID: 31820295, PMCID: PMC7033012, DOI: 10.1007/s10519-019-09983-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLouisville Twin StudyCognitive developmentCognitive agingCognitive functioningCognitive developmental trajectoriesLongitudinal Twin StudyTwin studiesPhysical health factorsEpisodic memoryLower biological ageFunctional ability measuresIQ measuresAbility measuresDevelopmental trajectoriesFSIQ scoresMidlife phaseMidlife studyPhysical functioningFunctional abilityChronological ageFunctioningPsychiatric outcomesSecond pilot studySecond studyIQ
2018
Humanin Prevents Age-Related Cognitive Decline in Mice and is Associated with Improved Cognitive Age in Humans
Yen K, Wan J, Mehta HH, Miller B, Christensen A, Levine ME, Salomon MP, Brandhorst S, Xiao J, Kim SJ, Navarrete G, Campo D, Harry GJ, Longo V, Pike CJ, Mack WJ, Hodis HN, Crimmins EM, Cohen P. Humanin Prevents Age-Related Cognitive Decline in Mice and is Associated with Improved Cognitive Age in Humans. Scientific Reports 2018, 8: 14212. PMID: 30242290, PMCID: PMC6154958, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-32616-7.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
Quantification of biological aging in young adults
Belsky DW, Caspi A, Houts R, Cohen HJ, Corcoran DL, Danese A, Harrington H, Israel S, Levine ME, Schaefer JD, Sugden K, Williams B, Yashin AI, Poulton R, Moffitt TE. Quantification of biological aging in young adults. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2015, 112: e4104-e4110. PMID: 26150497, PMCID: PMC4522793, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1506264112.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsYoung adultsYoung humansSame chronological ageSelf-reported bad healthCognitive declineOlder adultsBiological agingYoung individualsChronological ageMultiple organ systemsBrain agingLongitudinal measuresAge-related diseasesChronic diseasesAdultsFourth decadeBirth cohortOrgan systemsWorse healthIndividualsRejuvenation therapyTime pointsHuman agingMultiple biomarkersTherapy