Research

Age Related Determinants of HAND: A 12-Year Follow-up of CHARTER Participants

Agency: NIH/NIMH
Agency Award Number: R01 MH107345

HIV can injure the brain and, as a consequence, memory and other cognitive problems occur in up to half of young and middle-aged HIV-infected people. Such difficulties are more common in people as they age (even without HIV), and an increasing proportion of people living with HIV disease now survive into at least their 60s and 70s because of potent anti-HIV treatment. This study will determine how age, HIV, and anti-HIV treatment interact to cause this increasingly large group of people to be more vulnerable to cognitive problems and dementia.