Alzheimer’s, inflammation and COVID-19

Published: Sept. 21, 2020, 11:22 p.m.

Listen in as Caleb Finch and Axel Montagne (in conversation with Leigh Hopper from USC’s University Communications), discuss their respective research on Alzheimer’s disease, including how pollution may cause inflammation in the human body, contributing to the acceleration of dementia.

Axel Montagne is an Associate Professor of Research Physiology & Neuroscience at Keck School of Medicine at USC and Assistant Director of the USC Functional Biological Imaging Core.

Caleb Finch is University Professor, ARCO/William F. Kieschnick Chair in the Neurobiology of Aging at USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, and Professor of Gerontology, Biological Sciences, Anthropology, and Psychology at USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology.