Shorter- and longer-term mechanisms of multimodal interventions to prevent dementia
Description of the granted funding
Dementia is a complex multifactorial condition. Effective prevention thus likely requires combining interventions (multimodal approach) early in the disease process to address multiple disease mechanisms and risk factors simultaneously. Multi-MeMo aligns experimental molecular, cellular, and animal models with a strong array of unique multimodal human trials with shown multi-year cognitive and functional benefits. This will allow in-depth analysis of multiple molecular and cellular mechanisms that cannot be clarified from human trials alone, as well as rapid validation of identified mechanisms for clinical relevance with successful long-term (up to 11 years) human trial data and samples. We also aim to develop an enhanced multimodal intervention model, compatible for combinations of pharmacological and non-pharmacological modalities that enhance each other's effects. Project results will ultimately lead to timely, personalised interventions to effectively prevent/delay dementia onset.
Show moreStarting year
2023
End year
2026
Granted funding
Funder
Research Council of Finland
Funding instrument
Kansainvälinen yhteisrahoitteinen ohjelma
Decision maker
Scientific Council for Biosciences, Health and the Environment
14.12.2022
14.12.2022
Other information
Funding decision number
357810
Fields of science
Neurosciences
Research fields
Neurotiede
Identified topics
brain, neuroscience