Aging – Knowing Neurons

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The Pathology of Alzheimer’s Disease

December 6, 2018December 5, 2018 Khayla Black 1 Comment Aging, Alzheimer's, Alzheimer’s disease, Amyloid beta, amyloid plaque, dementia, neurofibrillary tangles, Tau

Whether it be forgetting 20 years of your life or having the same conversation every five minutes only to forget it each time, memory impairment can take a large toll… Read more

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Food for Your Brain: Mediterranean Diet May Help Your Neurons Live Longer

November 28, 2018November 27, 2018 Marco Travaglio 0 Comments Aging, Alzeihmer's disease, Brain, dementia, dietary fat, Fat, Food, income, Learning, MeDi, Mediterranean Diet, Memory, Oxidative stress, socioeconomic status

Historians consider it one of the ‘cradles of civilization,’ but for many scientists today the real value of the Mediterranean basin does not lie in its contribution to history. Home… Read more

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Neuro Primer: Aging

October 10, 2018October 8, 2018 Gabrielle Torre 0 Comments AD, Age-related cognitive decline, Aging, ALS, Alzheimer's, Alzheimer’s disease, Amyloid, amyloid plaques, Baby Boomers, beta-amyloid, Brain activation, Brain cells, Cardiovascular health, Childhood, Cognition, Cognitive performance, Cortex, dementia, Disease, Executive function, Exercise, Genetics, glutamate, Hippocampus, Longevity, Memory, Memory decline, myelin, Nervous System, Neurogenesis, Neuroimaging, Neurons, Neuroplasticity, Neuroscience, Neurotransmitters, Normal aging, Parkinson's, Parkinson's Disease, Plasticity, Quality of life, Research, Science, Sleep, Sleep habits, Ventricles, Working memory

What happens to the brain in aging? Normal aging comes with many changes in brain structure and function. As individuals approach the age of 65 years and above, they experience… Read more

Brain Development Culture

What Were You Thinking!?: Teenagers show different processing of positive and negative consequences across adolescence

August 23, 2018August 23, 2018 Jack-Morgan Mizell 0 Comments Adolescence, Adolescent, Adults, Aging, Anterior insula, Brain, Brain activity, Brain vulnerability, Cognitive neuroscience, Consequences, Decision-making, Development, Experience, Harvard, Insula, neurobiology, Neurodevelopment, Neuroscience, Sensory systems, Spindle neuron, Striatum, Teenagers, Teens, Von Economo neuron, WHO, World Health Organization

Anyone who has spent time around teenagers knows they don’t always consider the full consequences of their actions. Just consider the dozens of YouTube videos involving falling dressers or fireworks… Read more

Neuron Transplantation Cartoon

Out with the Old, in with the New – Can Neuron Transplantation Stop Brain Aging?

May 2, 2018May 2, 2018 Sophie Fessl 0 Comments Aging, cell replacement, cell transplantation, head transplantation, identity, organoid, Plasticity, Self

his past November, neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero connected a dead person’s head to a different corpse – a procedure he claimed to be a “successful head transplant.” His assertion was attacked… Read more

Brain Development Did You Know? Videos

Sarah-Jayne Blakemore Discusses the Mysterious Workings of the Adolescent Brain

November 20, 2015March 5, 2017 Jillian L. Shaw 0 Comments Adolescent, Age, Aging, Brain, Cognitive, Development, Mature, Neuroscience, Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, Social Brain, TED, Teen

What brain regions are employed when we interact with other people? Cognitive neuroscientist Sarah-Jayne Blakemore explains the “social brain” in her TED talk and sheds light on the complex networks… Read more

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Keeping Memories Fresh by Keeping Glutamate In Check

January 21, 2015March 5, 2017 Kate Fehlhaber 1 Comment 2014, Aging, Alzheimer’s disease, Dendrite, glutamate, Glutamatergic, Hippocampus, Long-term potentiation, LTP, Memory, Morrison, Neuroplasticity, Pereira, PNAS, Prefrontal Cortex, Riluzole, Spine

We are another year older, perhaps a little wiser, and probably more forgetful. Indeed, making memories is quite a process in the brain: specific synaptic connections are strengthened and new… Read more

Your Brain Breathes Too by Knowing Neurons

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Your Brain Breathes Too

January 29, 2014March 5, 2017 knowingneurons 8 Comments Aging, Air pollution, BBB, Blood-brain barrier, Brain, Breathe, Cell death, Dysfunction, Epidemiological, Los Angeles, Lungs, Neurotoxicity, Neurotoxocology, Oxidative stress, Pollution, Smog, Tight junctions

I live in Los Angeles and it’s unfortunate, but true, that the brown cloud of smog hanging over our city is as much an icon of LA as the Hollywood… Read more

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Magnesium Supplement to Treat Alzheimer’s Disease

May 27, 2013March 5, 2017 Ryan Jones 6 Comments AD, AD-mice, Age, Aging, Alzheimer's, Alzheimer’s disease, and Synaptic Plasticity in the Infralimbic Prefrontal Cortex and Lateral Amygdala, dementia, Effects of Elevation of Brain Magnesium on Fear Conditioning, Elderly, Elevation of Brain Magnesium Prevents and Reverses Cognitive Deficits and Synaptic Loss in Alzheimer's Disease Mouse Model, Emotion, Enhancement of Learning and Memory by Elevating Brain Magnesium, Enhancement of Synaptic Plasticity through Chronically Reduced Ca2+ Flux during Uncorrelated Activity, Fear Extinction, Journal of Neuroscience, Learning, Liu, Magnesium, Memory, Mg2+, MIT, Neuron, NMDA, NMDA receptors, Old, Slutsky, Supplement, Synapse, Synaptic function, Synaptic loss

The human brain contains roughly eighty-six billion (~10^10) neurons, each of which forms approximately ten thousand (10^4) synaptic connections with other neurons. Therefore, on average, there are one hundred trillion… Read more

Aging Did You Know? Learning and Memory

Leisure for the Body. Labor for the Brain.

November 28, 2012March 5, 2017 Anita 4 Comments Activity, Aging, Cognitive Reserve and Lifestyle, Leisure, Memory, Scarmeas

What do you do when you take a break from work? In your leisure time, what is something that you routinely find yourself doing? What is your default solution to… Read more