Sept. 15, 2026
We are excited to announce that the Gratton Lab has received a new R01 grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA)! Human aging is variable: some people maintain good cognitive abilities into late adulthood, while others show prominent and rapid declines that can lead to Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias. Our goal in this project is to use new ‘precision’ MRI methods to provide windows into individual brain networks at different stages of the adult lifespan (ages 25-85) with high reliability. This information will allow us to determine how networks vary over time, as well as across people, and how these differences are related to cognition, providing potential new biomarkers relevant to healthy aging and Alzheimer’s Disease. We thank the NIA for supporting this research!
Aug. 28, 2026
Cognitive decline is a normative feature of aging, but there is wide variation in the severity of decline across individuals and cognitive domains. In this project, Mackenzie and our team will leverage precision fMRI methods, which enable reliable individual estimation of hubs, to improve our understanding of if and how hubs (i.e., key regions of brain networks that support cognition) differ across age, vary between people, and contribute to cognition in older adults.
July 23, 2026
Our lab's precision fMRI research is featured on WCIA 3 News! Check out Dr. Caterina Gratton's interview to learn more about our work.
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May 18, 2026
We are happy to welcome Yi Fu to the Gratton Lab as our new Research Coordinator.