Professor of Internal Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA.
Neuroscience & Pharmacology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA.
J Alzheimers Dis. 2019;72(s1):S1-S10. doi: 10.3233/JAD-191280.
In October 2018, the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) held its first annual Healthy Aging and Dementia Research Symposium. The symposium was conceived and organized by the TTUHSC Garrison Institute on Aging. Its overall objective was to bring together scientists, healthcare professionals, interns, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty members, and NIH officials in order to share research results on aging and dementia associated with Alzheimer's disease and to discuss possible lines of research that may be productive in reducing dementia associated with Alzheimer's disease and, ultimately, associated with other neurological diseases. Another objective of the symposium was to share information, through formal and informal presentations, on whether and how unmodifiable factors, such as aging, and modifiable lifestyle factors, such diet and physical activity, impact dementia specifically and other chronic and neurological diseases, including diabetes and Alzheimer's disease. Discussions of the relationship across aging, dementia, and chronic and neurological diseases, and of the impact of lifestyles on these diseases mainly focused on populations living in the rural areas of West Texas counties since these areas are known to have populations of extremely different lifestyles. This introduction gives background on research of dementia associated with Alzheimer's disease, on populations and lifestyles of persons in rural West Texas, and on lifestyle factors known to affect progression of dementia and neurological diseases.
2018 年 10 月，德克萨斯理工大学健康科学中心（TTUHSC）举办了第一届年度健康老龄化和痴呆症研究研讨会。该研讨会由 TTUHSC 加里森老龄化研究所构思和组织。其总体目标是召集科学家、医疗保健专业人员、实习医生、研究生、博士后研究员、教师和 NIH 官员，分享与阿尔茨海默病相关的老龄化和痴呆症的研究成果，并讨论可能具有生产力的研究方向，以减少与阿尔茨海默病相关的痴呆症，最终减少与其他神经退行性疾病相关的痴呆症。研讨会的另一个目标是通过正式和非正式的演讲，分享关于不可改变的因素（如衰老）和可改变的生活方式因素（如饮食和身体活动）是否以及如何影响特定的痴呆症以及其他慢性和神经退行性疾病（包括糖尿病和阿尔茨海默病）的信息。关于老龄化、痴呆症和慢性及神经退行性疾病之间关系的讨论，以及生活方式对这些疾病的影响主要集中在德克萨斯州西部农村地区的人群上，因为这些地区已知存在着生活方式截然不同的人群。这篇介绍提供了与阿尔茨海默病相关的痴呆症研究、德克萨斯州西部农村地区人群和生活方式的背景信息，以及已知会影响痴呆症和神经退行性疾病进展的生活方式因素。
