Aging or impaired brains can once again form lasting memories if an enzyme that applies the brakes too hard on a key gene is lifted, according research done University of California, Irvine and Mount Holyoke neurobiologists. A release from the university quotes senior author Marcelo Wood, UCI’s Francisco J. Ayala Chair in Neurobiology & Behavior,… Continue reading Restoring Creation of Lasting Memories in Older or Damaged Brains
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Older Brain Plasticity Is in a Different Place
A widely presumed problem of aging is that the brain becomes less flexible — less plastic — and that learning may therefore become more difficult. Now a study led by Brown University researchers contradicts that notion with a finding that plasticity did occur in seniors who learned a task well, but it occurred in a… Continue reading Older Brain Plasticity Is in a Different Place
Cocoa Flavanols Combat “Senior Moments”
Taking the chill out of winter weather by indulging in cup of hot cocoa may also be helping to dial back cognitive decline – but only if the naturally occurring dietary flavonols haven’t been removed by processing. Dietary cocoa flavanols—naturally occurring bioactives found in cocoa—reversed age-related memory decline in healthy older adults, according to a… Continue reading Cocoa Flavanols Combat “Senior Moments”