Abstract:Cognitive impairment is an age-related disease, for which no effective treatment has been established yet. Resveratrol was a kind of polyphenol that could improve brain function via multiple ways. SIRT1 activation was the key to resveratrol function. This paper is an overview of advances in research on the mechanism of resveratrol, and its antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-apoptotic, synaptic plasticity improving, cerebral blood flow increasing, and autophagy enhancing effects.