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“While BDNF promotes brain cell growth plasticity, its precursor form, called proBDNF, has the opposite effect, promoting cell death. The authors of a recent report investigated the relationship between blood levels of pro-BDNF and memory loss.”

“The study involved 885 adults whose blood pressures were monitored regularly over a 30-year period. Using magnetic resonance imaging studies, researchers assessed the participants' brain health at the beginning and end of the study period.”

“From the article: > At 24 hours, mice treated with DHA, but not EPA, had a significant reduction in brain injury. In the following weeks, the DHA group also had significantly better results in multiple brain functions compared to the EPA-treated mice and untreated (control) mice.”

“This bleeding can cause many complications, including hemorrhagic stroke, brain damage, coma, and even death. Evidence from a 2021 study suggests that higher serum magnesium concentrations reduce the risk of having a brain aneurysm.”

“The study involved more than 2,500 adults between the ages of 30 and 94 years. The participants wore wrist accelerometers to track their activity levels and underwent brain scans to assess their brain volume, cortical thickness, and gray matter density.”

“Magnetite is a tiny iron oxide particle that enters the brain through the nose and can spread to multiple brain regions including the hippocampus, the part of the brain involved in learning and memory.”

“Blueberry concentrate (30 ml/daily) for 12 weeks increased brain blood flow, brain activation and some parts of working memory in a small trial of older adults compared to placebo. The blueberry concentrate was equivalent to 230 g of blueberries. One of the compounds present in blueberries called pterostilbene has been shown in rodent studies to improve brain function.”

“However, a subset of people experience non-motor symptoms, such as constipation, depression, and sleep problems, several years before diagnosis. Previous research suggests that the disorder arises in the brain, while other data point to its origins in the peripheral nervous system.”

“Bacteria in the gut shown to produce certain inflammatory compounds in the brain through communication with a type of immune cell in the brain called microglia (in mice). These brain inflammatory compounds were elevated in tissue samples from patients with multiple sclerosis.”

“As vitamin D levels decreased, total brain and gray matter volumes decreased as well, particularly in males. Between the ages of 30 and 40 years, the connections between cells in a person's brain begin to diminish, causing the brain to shrink in volume.”