# New insights into the aging brain

**URL:** <https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/new-insights-into-the-aging-brain/1068>\
**Category:** Research Database\
**Created:** [November 20, 2018, 9:35pm UTC](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/new-insights-into-the-aging-brain/1068 "2018-11-20T21:35:43Z")\
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> **[New insights into the aging brain: Scientists uncover new gatekeeper function of...](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/11/181112131507.htm)**
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> A group of scientists investigated why the choroid plexus contains so much more klotho than other brain regions.They showed that klotho functions as a gatekeeper that shields the brain from the peripheral immune system.

  
A group of scientists investigated why the choroid plexus contains so much more klotho than other brain regions.They showed that klotho functions as a gatekeeper that shields the brain from the peripheral immune system.