CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Aug. 21 -- The University of Virginia issued the following news release:
A team of University of Virginia scientists has identified why a common type of delirium that often affects older patients after surgery may lead to dementia, and they've proposed a new treatment.
Dr. Nadia Lunardi, a neuro- and critical care anesthesiologist, traces her interest in protecting the aging brain to her medical residency in anesthesiology and intensive care medicine in Italy. (Contributed photo)
In a new study, Dr. Nadia Lunardi, a UVA associate professor of anesthesiology, and her colleagues found anesthesia, surgery and the stress of intensive care disrupted the cognitive health of older mice.
They also found that vorinostat, an...