Sentences with phrase «experience brain decline»

«Our dietary choices play a major role in determining whether we are going to live into our 80s and 90s and even beyond with a good, functioning brain or like 50 % of people who live to be age 85, we will experience brain decline in the form of Alzheimer's which is a preventable disease.»

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The «amyloid hypothesis» figures that a buildup of brain plaque is what leads to the cognitive decline that Alzheimer's patients experience.

The researchers found that radiosurgery controlled the spread of the cancerous cells as effectively as whole - brain radiation; patients who received radiosurgery experienced less cognitive decline compared to those who received whole - brain radiation.

Kipnis proposes that with fewer T cells, older people can not effectively suppress the inflammation around their brains — which could play a part in the cognitive decline that people experience as they age.

One reason many potential therapies for alcohol abuse have been unsuccessful is because they inhibit the brain's reward pathways, causing an overall decline in the experience of pleasure.

Results show that in comparison to women who experienced menopause after the age of 50, those with a premature menopause had a more than 40 % increased risk of poor performance on tasks assessing verbal fluency and visual memory and was associated with a 35 % increased risk of decline in psychomotor speed (coordination between the brain and the muscles that brings about movement) and overall cognitive function over 7 years.

There is a finely graded inverse association between age and cognitive performance, 3 4 5 but the age at which cognitive decline becomes evident at the population level remains the subject of debate.5 6 7 A recent review of the literature concluded that there was little evidence of cognitive decline before the age of 60.8 This point of view, however, is not universally accepted.5 6 Clinicopathological studies show good correlation between neuropathology and the severity of cognitive decline, 9 10 11 and neurofibrillary tangles and amyloid plaques, the hallmarks of pathology, are known to be present in the brains of young adults.12 13 Emerging consensus on the long gestation period of dementia14 15 also suggests that adults aged under 60 are likely to experience age related cognitive decline.

A decline in function in the prefrontal cortex, the «executive» or front part of the brain, is present in high - risk individuals experiencing early symptoms of schizophrenia and may reflect biological changes that precede the onset of diagnosable illness, the study indicates.

As we age, we all experience a decline in brain function.