Study finds lifelong neurogenesis in the hippocampus, but rates decline with age and, especially, Alzheimer’s disease

By SharpBrains | March 25, 2019

___ Old brains still make neu­rons, study finds, offer­ing a pos­si­ble way to pro­tect against Alzheimer’s (STAT): “Reports of old brains’ decrepi­tude have been great­ly exag­ger­at­ed, sci­en­tists report­ed on Mon­day, unveil­ing results that con­tra­dict a much-dis­­­cussed 2018 study and instead sup­port the idea that human gray mat­ter is capa­ble of gen­er­at­ing new neu­rons up to…

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What Everyone Should Know About Stress, Brain Health, and Dance

By Judith Hanna, PhD | February 24, 2016

Every­one expe­ri­ences stress at some point in our lives. It is impor­tant to know that stress can harm the brain, and also that dance can be a great avenue for a per­son resist, reduce, or escape it. Stress can change the phys­i­cal struc­ture and func­tion of the brain, affect­ing wiring and thus per­for­mance of one’s activities. 

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Top 10 SharpBrains Articles of 2015

By Alvaro Fernandez | January 5, 2016

These are the 10 most pop­u­lar arti­cles with sharpbrains.com read­ers in 2015, cov­er­ing every­thing brain-relat­ed from lat­est research find­ings to healthy liv­ing tips and emerg­ing neu­rotech­nolo­gies: 1. Can you grow your hip­pocam­pus? Yes. Here’s how, and why it mat­ters 2. To har­ness neu­ro­plas­tic­i­ty, start with enthu­si­asm 3. The Ten Habits of High­ly Effec­tive Brains 4. How learn­ing changes your brain 5. Why you turn…

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