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.
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Starting year

2023

End year

2026

Granted funding

Alina Solomon
285 996 €

Funder

Research Council of Finland

Funding instrument

Kansainvälinen yhteisrahoitteinen ohjelma

Decision maker

Scientific Council for Biosciences, Health and the Environment
14.12.2022

Other information

Funding decision number

357810

Fields of science

Neurosciences

Research fields

Neurotiede

Identified topics

brain, neuroscience