This neural accounting, described in an upcoming Frontiers in Neuroanatomy paper, may ultimately help reveal how
brain features relate to intelligence.
Not exact matches
Previous research by the Northwestern group provided tantalizing clues, showing that SuperAgers have distinctive
brain features: thicker cortexes, a resistance to age -
related atrophy and a larger left anterior cingulate (a part of the
brain important to attention and working memory).
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This early hint that age -
related changes in EP2 action in microglia might be promoting some of the neuropathological
features implicated in Alzheimer's was borne out in subsequent experiments for which Andreasson's team used mice genetically predisposed to get the mouse equivalent of Alzheimer's, as well as otherwise normal mice into whose
brains the scientists injected either A-beta or a control solution.
«The NFT is thought to be more closely
related to memory decline than other forms of aging -
related pathologies, but there are still very few genes that have been implicated in the accumulation of this key
feature of Alzheimer's disease and other
brain diseases.»
15 In fact, type 2 diabetes (T2D)-- a condition stemming from broken glucose metabolism and insulin signaling — has been identified as an additional risk factor for developing AD.16, 17 Moreover, the pathological changes that occur in AD in the
brain physically resemble those seen in the pancreas and vasculature in T2D.9, 18 Type 2 diabetics who carry ApoE4 alleles are at the greatest risk for AD, with an even more severe risk reserved for those treated with exogenous insulin.19 This suggests that either T2D or
related features of the metabolic syndrome bring about AD, or that they are separate consequences of the same underlying cause — and moreover, that insulin is a key factor.
As noted in the
featured article, «Autism shares some
features with epilepsy, and many people with autism experience seizures
related to the over-excitement of
brain cells.»
A key
feature of the
brain - healthy Mediterranean diet, olive oil actively combats age -
related cognitive decline by protecting against inflammation and oxidative stress.
Mike Flynn, chief superintendent of the SSPCA, said hundreds of Scottish owners had called the organization after the program
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brain is pushed back into the spinal chord.