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·February 1, 2021·5 min read

Education Inequalities Linked to Increased Cognitive Aging in Women

Older women tended to have poorer memory fluidity scores than men of the same age group. However, the reverse was true for younger women. Researchers propose the difference could be a result of younger women having more access to higher education than previous generations.

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·January 5, 2021·5 min read

How COVID-19 Is Likely to Impact the Brain

Using over a century of data from other pandemics, and applying knowledge about the current COVID-19 infection, researchers predict the long term effects coronavirus will have on the brain and nervous system.

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·November 2, 2020·3 min read

Root Bacterium to Fight Alzheimer’s

Rhizolutin, a bacterium found in the soil close to the roots of ginseng plants, appears to significantly dissociate the protein aggregates associated with Alzheimer's disease.

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·August 31, 2020·3 min read

Neurons Protect Themselves From Degeneration by Adapting Their Metabolism

Neurons can counteract degeneration and promote survival by adapting their metabolism.

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·August 6, 2020·7 min read

How Pollution Affects the Brain

Two new studies from USC reveal the implications of air pollution on brain development and neurological health in children and older women.

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·May 18, 2020·4 min read

Aging neurons accumulate DNA damage

Restoring HDAC1 could have potential benefits for those suffering from Alzheimer's disease and people with age-related cognitive decline.

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·February 5, 2020·3 min read

Activating immune cells could revitalize the aging brain

Activating group 2 innate lymphoid cells in aging brains helps improve memory in mice. The findings could help in the development of treatments for neurodegenerative diseases associated with aging.

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·January 16, 2020·3 min read

Using eye movement test to confirm brain aging effects

A newly developed eye movement measurement test sheds light on inhibitory control and brain aging.

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·January 1, 2020·5 min read

Objective subtle cognitive difficulties predict amyloid accumulation and neurodegeneration

Amyloid accumulation occurs faster in those who have objectively-defined cognitive difficulties than older people who are considered to be cognitively normal. Mild cognitive impairment is also associated with faster hippocampal and entorhinal cortex atrophy.

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·October 17, 2019·5 min read

Daily exposure to blue light may accelerate aging, even if it doesn’t reach your eyes

Fruit flies exposed to blue light had significantly reduced longevity than those exposed to natural light or kept in darkness. Exposure to blue light for 12 hours a day accelerated aging phenotypes, causing retinal damage, neurodegeneration, and impaired locomotion.