Sentences with phrase «in aging brains»

But in aging brains, neurons start to lose connections and don't communicate as well.

But can practicing yoga over several years significantly shape your brain and if so, could it offset some of the changes that happen in the aging brain?

«This study provides evidence that there is plasticity or compensation ability in the aging brain that appears to be beneficial, even in the face of beta - amyloid accumulation,» said study principal investigator Dr. William Jagust, a professor with joint appointments at UC Berkeley's Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, the School of Public Health and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

Metformin, then, may help correct insulin issues in the aging brain.

This could be one of the mechanisms responsible for the reduced regeneration capacity in the aged brain as stem cells that retain larger amounts of damaged proteins require longer for the next cell division.

Several clinical trials are either about to begin or are already underway to replace and reinforce the dopamine - producing neurons in the aging brain, building on the promise of the first faltering steps in cell therapy for PD.

Meanwhile, the same thing goes wrong in the aging brain, bringing one more insult to the accumulating cellular and molecular damage that slowly erodes the functional capacity of the aging brain, culminating in Parkinson's and other degenerative syndromes.

Unfortunately, myelin can be easily damaged by a variety of pathological conditions, and stresses to the brain, and oligodendrocyte vulnerability to such damage is enhanced in the aged brain and in degenerative diseases.

Host: Dr. Liisa Galea Speaker: Dr. Farida Sohrabji, Texas A&M Title: Neuroprotection for Ischemic Stroke in the aging brain: Role of microRNA

However, the neurological problems caused by disrupting this pathway have alerted us to a potentially significant role for huntingtin in the aging brain.

Recently, a research team led by Dr. Cynthia A. Lemere of the Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases at Brigham and Women's Hospital utilized C3 - deficient mice, B6; 129S4 - C3tm1Crr / J (003641) to investigate whether the C3 - mediated synaptic pruning mechanisms at work in the developing brain also contribute to cognitive decline in the aging brain.

The role of the complement cascade, specifically of the central component C3, in synaptic degradation in the aging brain, however, remains unclear.

Changes in the abundance of these receptors alter synaptic transmission in the aged brain.

In the aging brain, aluminum can lead to Alzheimer's disease and ALS.

Not exact matches

The significant age difference in immigration - readiness suggests that Canadian youth feel the economic climate is particularly ill - suited to their needs, meaning that the country could face brain drain if the right opportunities present themselves elsewhere.

A study published in May found that for adults aged 60 - 88, walking for 30 minutes four days a week for 12 weeks appeared to strengthen connectivity in a region of the brain where weakened connections have been linked with memory loss.

And if you need more motivation to increase your shut - eye time, there are plenty of studies available that indicate that people who don't get enough sleep age faster, experience a loss of brain power in mid-life and don't grow as tall as people who are well - rested.

Futurist Robin Hanson, who wrote extensively about uploaded brains in «Age of Ems,» saw the episode and wasn't impressed.

Enter brain fitness, a new healthy - living trend driven not only by the aging population but also by developments in technology and neuroscience.

New research published in the journal Nature suggests that examining babies» brain scans through age two can help predict an autism diagnosis.

Though the researcher said there needs to be more research into the exact mechanisms of why that is, they concluded that «healthy sleep appears to play an important role in maintaining brain health with age, and may play a key role in [Alzheimer's disease] prevention.»

In fact, one Boston University study of 19,000 people concluded that for every additional 10 micrograms per cubic meter of bad air, your brain ages about two years.

«In our current age, with its emphasis on personal branding, social - network marketing, clever retweets, and mobile accessibility, it's important to remember that in many fields there's still no substitute for hard brain work,» Newport sayIn our current age, with its emphasis on personal branding, social - network marketing, clever retweets, and mobile accessibility, it's important to remember that in many fields there's still no substitute for hard brain work,» Newport sayin many fields there's still no substitute for hard brain work,» Newport says.

Alone, it's not a cure for the aging brain — we're still some way off from that — but at this point, all indications are that it's the surest means of prolonging the mental sweet spot we enjoy in middle age.

They're there, in our heads; but an aged hippocampus, the part of the brain chiefly responsible for the processing of memories, struggles with random requests for names and facts that lack associative properties.

Type the phrases «information overload» into Google and you'll get nearly four million hits offering endless tips on dealing with the problem, first person accounts of brains fried by a deluge of data, even articles and think pieces declaring us in the midst of «the age of information overload.»

Our aging brains similarly show wear in the realm of episodic memory, the part of brain function that handles recollections of recent events, like the last few chapters of the book you put down yesterday, or what you had for breakfast.

The latest science has already shown that it's possible to reverse cognitive decline in the middle - aged brain, and it's possible to rewire your brain as an adult through practice and «deliberate performance,» and learn new skills on the fly.

It helps signals move faster around the neural network, and in two important areas of the brain, the frontal and temporal lobes, myelin levels increase with age, peaking on average around age 50 and in some people continuing to rise into their 60s.

When these «energy factories» are topped off, neurons in the brain may be better able to ward off stress from age - related brain diseases that ordinarily exhaust or kill the cells.

Cochran died in 2005 at the age of 67 of an inoperable brain tumor, but he had made a lasting impression, quantifiable in popular culture.

We are in the «Age of Reason» but we seem to be very good at following hair - brained ideas without thinking them through or reasoning much.

Although words appear to be the currency of our age, the primary language of our brains is pictures: you just saw «pictures» of your best friend, pastor and a table tennis table — rather than those things spelt out as words in our mind.

So they knew that a person who is gay uses their brain differently, that gays are affected by hormone levels in the womb, that they know at a young age their orientation without environmental factors, that the world major organizations would recognize that a gay person can't change their orientation through therapy.

Dawkins the Darwinist answers with lethal effect that our brains «were only designed to understand the mundane details of how to survive in the stone - age African savannah.

One of the striking ironies of our age is that while physics, formerly the «hardest» science, is becoming increasingly less materialistic, biology (and to some extent physiology and brain science) are now the strongholds of materialism in science.

Science is, in his turn of phrase, «the owner's manual for the social brain in post — Stone Age suburbia.»

The first is expressed in two hon mots: we «live in the space age with Stone - Age brains»; and we are «hunter - gatherers in pinstripe suits» Both sayings affirm that we were not designed to be alone, our brains evolved as social brains; but at the same time they indicate that this social brain still bears traces of having evolved in the context of surviving in a Stone Age worage with Stone - Age brains»; and we are «hunter - gatherers in pinstripe suits» Both sayings affirm that we were not designed to be alone, our brains evolved as social brains; but at the same time they indicate that this social brain still bears traces of having evolved in the context of surviving in a Stone Age worAge brains»; and we are «hunter - gatherers in pinstripe suits» Both sayings affirm that we were not designed to be alone, our brains evolved as social brains; but at the same time they indicate that this social brain still bears traces of having evolved in the context of surviving in a Stone Age worAge world.

The cosmic tide may at one time have seemed to be immobilized, lost in the vast reservoir of living forms; but through the ages the level of consciousness was steadily rising behind the barrier, until finally, by means of the human brain (the most «centro - complex» organism yet achieved to our knowledge in the universe) there has occurred, at a first ending of time, the breaking of the dykes, followed by what is now in progress, the flooding of Thought over the entire surface of the biosphere.

But although, since the Age of the Reindeer (that is to say, within a period of twenty or thirty thousand years) no progress is perceptible in either the physical or the mental faculties of Individual Man, the fact of organo - psychic development seems to be clearly manifest in Collective Man: and this, whatever we may think of it, represents as true an advance as the acquisition of an added convolution by the brain.

Sadly, in the case of Deanna Laney, she religiously murdered two of her children, Luke age six and Joshua age eight, and had caused severe brain damage to 14 month old Aaron.

Sadly, in the case of Deanna Laney, she religiously mur * dered two of her children, Luke age six and Joshua age eight, and had caused severe brain damage to 14 month old Aaron.

But at age 50 Science, Atheist, nor anyone else has satisfactorily explained why my brain, my conscious, or my species exist in it's current fashion.

There is no evidence that any man's intellect on earth today is equal to Aristotle's, nor do we know with any surety that the brain capacity of mankind as a whole is greater now than it was in the Ice Age.

«[Dietary sugars] have an effect on various systems in the body, especially the cardiovascular system, but also the brain, liver, pancreas, skin, and premature aging.»

According to Professor Mark Mattson, head of neuroscience at the US National Institute on Ageing: «Suddenly dropping your food intake dramatically — cutting it by at least half for a day or so — triggers protective processes in the brain.»

A diet rich in Omega - 3 can help the brain increase mental alertness and concentration levels at any age, but can also be shown to help slow the effects of normal age related memory loss and increase resistance to stress and its impact on mood.

Despite increasing interest in cognitive health from an aging population, the majority (over two - thirds) of global launches marketed on a brain health platform are baby foods, particularly infant formulas and milks, where DHA is often used for its brain development properties.

In fact, the omega - 3's in flaxseeds, (which are known as ALA omega - 3 fats), have even been shown to reduce oxidative stress linked to age - related memory loss and inflammation related to brain disorderIn fact, the omega - 3's in flaxseeds, (which are known as ALA omega - 3 fats), have even been shown to reduce oxidative stress linked to age - related memory loss and inflammation related to brain disorderin flaxseeds, (which are known as ALA omega - 3 fats), have even been shown to reduce oxidative stress linked to age - related memory loss and inflammation related to brain disorders.

When I think back on these times (and, curiously, I do remember snippets from these parties, though little else from that age remains in the dusty cabinets of my brain), I laugh and cringe and feel ashamed.