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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Lifestyle and neurotechnology over genetics

By SharpBrains | May 31, 2018

?” Dear col­league, It’s remark­able how quick­ly things are chang­ing, final­ly, in brain health and men­tal health — see for exam­ple what’s new with Inter­ax­on, Akili, Neu­raMetrix, Apple, Calm, Halo Neu­ro­science, Mind­strong Health, Novar­tis, Pear Ther­a­peu­tics, and life­long neu­ro­ge­n­e­sis, all in the last 6 months! Please enjoy the May edi­tion of Sharp­Brains eNewslet­ter below, and con­sid­er join­ing the…

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Update: Study finds continued birth of new neurons (neurogenesis) well into our 70s

By SharpBrains | April 25, 2018

___ Time for Sharp­Brains eNewslet­ter, bring­ing you the lat­est in in brain health and men­tal health research, tools and think­ing. Also, a quick heads-up for those based in the UK: the Impe­r­i­al Col­lege Cen­tre for Neu­rotech­nol­o­gy will host a keynote by Alvaro Fer­nan­dez in Lon­don on Wednes­day, May 30th, titled Why the Future of Brain Enhance­ment & Men­tal Health is Dig­i­tal & Per­va­sive (free;…

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Study finds continued birth of new neurons (neurogenesis) well into our 70s

By SharpBrains | April 11, 2018

___ New brain mem­o­ry cells devel­op well into old age (Reuters): “Well into our 70s, we con­tin­ue to devel­op new cells in an area of the brain respon­si­ble for new mem­o­ries and explo­ration of new envi­ron­ments, sci­en­tists report. “These new brain cells sus­tain our abil­i­ties to make new mem­o­ries, learn, and cope with the environment,…

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Ten Suggestions for Brain-friendly New Year’s Resolutions

By Alvaro Fernandez | December 27, 2016

—– You are enjoy­ing the shop­ping and hol­i­day sea­son. Great! Now it’s time to start shift­ing gears and focus on the year ahead… Let’s review some good lifestyle options we can all fol­low to main­tain, and improve, our sharp brains. Per­haps they will inspire some New Year’s Res­o­lu­tions to help make 2017 a year of Brain Health!…

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