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“The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children between the ages of six and 12 years sleep nine to 12 hours every night for optimal health, but many children do not meet these recommendations. Findings from a recent study suggest that children who don't get enough sleep have altered brain structure and impaired brain function.”

“The EEGs revealed that brain activity related to conscious error detection increased in the participants who participated in the meditation. No changes in error detection were noted in the participants who listened to the audio lecture.”

“Researchers included 303,196 UK Biobank participants of European ancestry who had no diagnosed brain or nervous-system disorders. The sample comprised 160,077 women, with an average age of 56.7 years, and 143,119 men, with an average age of 57.5 years.”

“Participants in the study provided data at a baseline appointment between 2006 and 2010 and at a follow-up appointment between 2014 and 2021. Participants diagnosed with hypertension at any age had smaller brain volume than their matched control participant without hypertension.”

“Insufficient sleep increases the production of amyloid-beta, and amyloid-beta deposition, in turn, impairs sleep in a vicious, self-perpetuating loop. Findings from a new study demonstrate that chronic poor sleep predicts the degree of amyloid-beta deposition in the brain.”

“Researchers exposed 25 healthy adults to diesel exhaust and filtered air for two hours, with a two-week break between each exposure. Before and after the exposures, the researchers measured activity in a region of the participants' brains called the default mode network.”

“The supplemented participants performed better on tests of executive function and exhibited improved white matter microstructural integrity and increased gray matter volume in their brains. In addition, their BDNF increased, and their peripheral insulin decreased.”

“Omega-3 and vitamin B12 supplementation in rats increased nerve growth factor (NGF), which helps grow new brain cells and boosts acetylcholine levels and improved cognitive performance after 2 generations in rats.”

Dr. Rhonda Patrick discusses if smoked salmon is carcinogenic, high-dose melatonin, creatine on workout vs. non-workout days, and the Neurocode brain scan.

“The brains of people who were obese showed marked signs of gray matter atrophy in areas of the brain responsible for attention, problem-solving, and reasoning. Using neuroimaging data, researchers compared the grey matter patterns of more than 1,300 older adults.”