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A new artificial intelligence algorithm analyses MRI data to accurately predict the age of a brain.
Older adults who remain active have more of a class of proteins that enhance synapses to help maintain healthy cognitive function.
People with older-looking brains were born with lower birth weight and genes for smaller brains compared to those with normal aging brains, a new study reports. As both factors present early in life, researchers say "brain age" is likely related to early life influences and not so much on events that occur later in life.
In both aging human and mouse experiments, researchers identified a link between the MEF2 gene and cognitive resilience. Findings suggest enhancing MEF2 activity could protect the brain against age-related dementia.
A new, freely available brain atlas reveals how brain metabolism changes throughout the life of mice.
A diet high in processed foods leads to neuroinflammation and memory decline in older rats, a new study reports. Supplementing a processed food diet with DHA, an omega 3 fatty acid, helped mitigate memory problems and reduce inflammation.
People whose blood pressure is elevated but still falls within the normal range are at increased risk of accelerated brain aging, researchers report.
Aerobic exercise was associated with positive white matter changes in the brain for older adults.
A new deep neural network can accurately predict a healthy person's brain age based on EEG data collected from a sleep study.
The Tsimane, an indigenous people from the Bolivian Amazon, have less brain atrophy than American aging adults, a new study reports. Additionally, the decrease in their brain volume associated with aging is 70% less than seen in older American adults.
A new study disputes the common belief that obtaining a higher education can help slow brain aging.
People with cerebral small vessel damage who also had a leaky blood-brain barrier had more tissue damage after two years than those whose blood-brain barrier was intact.
