FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience·January 12, 2024·6 min readEat Less, Live Longer: Dietary Restrictions Increase Lifespan and Improve Brain HealthRecent research reveals a significant discovery about dietary restriction and its impact on brain health and aging. They identified the OXR1 gene as crucial for extending lifespan and ensuring healthy brain aging, particularly in response to dietary restriction.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscience·December 6, 2022·5 min readChronological Age, Biological Age and Gender Affect the Shrinkage of Different Brain AreasFunctional brain networks and brain shrinkage are affected in different ways by age, gender, and blood immune factors.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·August 15, 2022·6 min readNew Role for Blood-Brain Barrier in Neuron Function and DamageThe signals that originate in the cells of the blood-brain barrier also play a direct role in controlling what happens to the neurons the barrier is protecting.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesVisual Neuroscience·June 7, 2022·6 min readAn Intriguing Connection Between Diet, Eye Health, and LifespanA new study of drosophila reveals a link between circadian rhythm, diet, lifespan, and eye health. Unexpectedly, researchers found processes in the fly eye that appear to drive the aging process.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 8, 2021·5 min readAging: It’s More Complicated Than We ThoughtA new study on aging reveals a surprising discovery about the connection between protein shape and mitochondrial health.Read More
FeaturedNeurologyNeuroscience·March 29, 2021·4 min readChronic Viral Infections Can Have Lasting Effects on Human Immunity, Similar to AgingChronic viral infections have a profound and lasting impact on the immune system in a similar way to aging. Chronic inflammation that occurs as a result of immune system dysregulation is often seen in diseases associated with aging.Read More
FeaturedNeurology·January 23, 2018·3 min readNew Therapeutic Avenue for Parkinson’sA new study reports researchers have identified a possible new avenue for treating Parkinson's symptoms and neuropathology. Clearing senescent astrocytes appears to help prevent sporadic versions of the disease triggered by exposure to pesticides.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience Articles·September 5, 2017·5 min readKetogenic Diet Improves Lifespan and Memory in Aging MiceResearchers report mice that were put on a ketogenic diet showed significant improvements in memory and were more likely to survive to older ages than those on different diets.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsOpen Neuroscience Articles·October 25, 2016·8 min readVitamin D Engages Longevity Gene to Increase Lifespan: C. elgans StudyVitamin D appears to engage longevity genes to increase lifespan and prevent the accumulation of neurotoxic proteins linked to age related diseases, such as Alzheimer's, a new study reports.Read More