VETSA
@vetsa.bsky.social
The Vietnam Era Twin Study of Aging. A longitudinal study of twins focused on investigating and genetic and environmental influences on cognitive and brain aging.
https://psychiatry.ucsd.edu/research/programs-centers/vetsa/index.html
https://psychiatry.ucsd.edu/research/programs-centers/vetsa/index.html
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VETSA
@vetsa.bsky.social
· Sep 26
Vietnam Era Twin Study of Aging (VETSA), United States, 2002-2019
www.icpsr.umich.edu
🚨NEW DATA RELEASE🚨
Data from VETSA waves 1-3 is now available for public download from NACDA! This includes cognitive, health, psychosocial and demographic info from our nationwide twin cohort. Future releases will include wave 4 data and derived MRI variables.
www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/ICPSR/st...
Data from VETSA waves 1-3 is now available for public download from NACDA! This includes cognitive, health, psychosocial and demographic info from our nationwide twin cohort. Future releases will include wave 4 data and derived MRI variables.
www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/ICPSR/st...
🚨NEW DATA RELEASE🚨
Data from VETSA waves 1-3 is now available for public download from NACDA! This includes cognitive, health, psychosocial and demographic info from our nationwide twin cohort. Future releases will include wave 4 data and derived MRI variables.
www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/ICPSR/st...
Data from VETSA waves 1-3 is now available for public download from NACDA! This includes cognitive, health, psychosocial and demographic info from our nationwide twin cohort. Future releases will include wave 4 data and derived MRI variables.
www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/ICPSR/st...
Vietnam Era Twin Study of Aging (VETSA), United States, 2002-2019
www.icpsr.umich.edu
September 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
🚨NEW DATA RELEASE🚨
Data from VETSA waves 1-3 is now available for public download from NACDA! This includes cognitive, health, psychosocial and demographic info from our nationwide twin cohort. Future releases will include wave 4 data and derived MRI variables.
www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/ICPSR/st...
Data from VETSA waves 1-3 is now available for public download from NACDA! This includes cognitive, health, psychosocial and demographic info from our nationwide twin cohort. Future releases will include wave 4 data and derived MRI variables.
www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/ICPSR/st...
Reposted by VETSA
Excited to share my new K01 work to understand chronic pain as an AD risk factor - a collaboration of the VETSA team (vetsa.bsky.social) with jaelman.bsky.social and matthewpanizzon.bsky.social and Rush Medical University using the ROSMAP data. academic.oup.com/braincomms/a...
Multisite chronic pain: association with cognitive decline and post-mortem Alzheimer’s biomarkers
Bell et al. report that multisite chronic pain in older adults is linked to faster cognitive decline and increased Alzheimer’s disease pathology, particula
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July 22, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Excited to share my new K01 work to understand chronic pain as an AD risk factor - a collaboration of the VETSA team (vetsa.bsky.social) with jaelman.bsky.social and matthewpanizzon.bsky.social and Rush Medical University using the ROSMAP data. academic.oup.com/braincomms/a...
Reposted by VETSA
Excited to share my new study with the
VETSA team (vetsa.bsky.social) with jaelman.bsky.social and matthewpanizzon.bsky.social published in #JINS showing that moderate-to-severe chronic pain and opioid use are independently related to risk of mild cognitive impairment. tinyurl.com/y88k5z4j
VETSA team (vetsa.bsky.social) with jaelman.bsky.social and matthewpanizzon.bsky.social published in #JINS showing that moderate-to-severe chronic pain and opioid use are independently related to risk of mild cognitive impairment. tinyurl.com/y88k5z4j
July 22, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Excited to share my new study with the
VETSA team (vetsa.bsky.social) with jaelman.bsky.social and matthewpanizzon.bsky.social published in #JINS showing that moderate-to-severe chronic pain and opioid use are independently related to risk of mild cognitive impairment. tinyurl.com/y88k5z4j
VETSA team (vetsa.bsky.social) with jaelman.bsky.social and matthewpanizzon.bsky.social published in #JINS showing that moderate-to-severe chronic pain and opioid use are independently related to risk of mild cognitive impairment. tinyurl.com/y88k5z4j
Study from Nathan Gillespie testing causal associations of plasma amyloid on total tau using #VETSA twin data.
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Testing the causal impact of plasma amyloid on total Tau using a genetically informative sample of adult male twins
The amyloid cascade hypothesis predicts that amyloid-beta (Aβ) aggregation drives tau tangle accumulation. We tested competing causal and non-causal h…
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July 22, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Study from Nathan Gillespie testing causal associations of plasma amyloid on total tau using #VETSA twin data.
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Study by Alex Posis finding that TBI is associated with altered microstructure of certain WM tracts that may persist at least 4 decades after the injury.
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Associations of history of traumatic brain injury with markers of brain health among older men in the Vietnam Era Twin Study of Aging
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is associated with increased risk of dementia, but it is unclear how earlier life TBI is related to brain health in older…
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July 22, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Study by Alex Posis finding that TBI is associated with altered microstructure of certain WM tracts that may persist at least 4 decades after the injury.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by VETSA
Happy to share a new published study link.springer.com/article/10.1...
on subjective memory concern, negative affect, and cortical microstructure using @vetsa.bsky.social dataset and supported by a K01 grant from the NIA!
on subjective memory concern, negative affect, and cortical microstructure using @vetsa.bsky.social dataset and supported by a K01 grant from the NIA!
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July 22, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Happy to share a new published study link.springer.com/article/10.1...
on subjective memory concern, negative affect, and cortical microstructure using @vetsa.bsky.social dataset and supported by a K01 grant from the NIA!
on subjective memory concern, negative affect, and cortical microstructure using @vetsa.bsky.social dataset and supported by a K01 grant from the NIA!
Reposted by VETSA
*Posted for McKenna Williams, not yet on BlueSky*
Our new paper on cognitive resilience against Alzheimer’s pathology is out now!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Our new paper on cognitive resilience against Alzheimer’s pathology is out now!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Neuroimaging Predictors of Cognitive Resilience against Alzheimer's Disease Pathology
Objective
Some individuals demonstrate greater cognitive resilience—the ability to maintain cognitive performance despite adverse brain-related changes—through as yet unknown mechanisms. We examined.....
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February 12, 2025 at 11:35 PM
*Posted for McKenna Williams, not yet on BlueSky*
Our new paper on cognitive resilience against Alzheimer’s pathology is out now!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Our new paper on cognitive resilience against Alzheimer’s pathology is out now!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
New article led by @rongxiang.bsky.social examining the effects of childhood disadvantage on late midlife cortical surface area (SA) profile and general cognitive ability (GCA). Cortical SA was found to be the mediator of childhood disadvantage-GCA association.
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Cortical Surface Area Profile Mediates Effects of Childhood Disadvantage on Later-Life General Cognitive Ability
AbstractObjectives. Childhood disadvantage is associated with lower general cognitive ability (GCA) and brain structural differences in midlife and older a
academic.oup.com
December 6, 2024 at 7:51 PM
New article led by @rongxiang.bsky.social examining the effects of childhood disadvantage on late midlife cortical surface area (SA) profile and general cognitive ability (GCA). Cortical SA was found to be the mediator of childhood disadvantage-GCA association.
academic.oup.com/psychsocgero...
academic.oup.com/psychsocgero...
New article led by @cfnote.bsky.social and Shu-Ju Lin describing a novel parcellation of abnormal white matter w/ 5 distinct regions. Twin models identified common & unique genetic and environmental influences that may reflect variable underlying etiologies.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
December 6, 2024 at 4:38 PM
New article led by @cfnote.bsky.social and Shu-Ju Lin describing a novel parcellation of abnormal white matter w/ 5 distinct regions. Twin models identified common & unique genetic and environmental influences that may reflect variable underlying etiologies.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...