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“Patients with Parkinson's disease that received gene therapy developed new synaptic connections in brain regions for motor control and this correlated with a decrease in the severity of Parkinson's symptoms. This was a phase 2 clinical trial so much more research still needs to be done but it is so amazing to think that gene therapies may be on the horizon for Parkinson's disease!”

“The goal here is to be able to make brain stem cells by taking a person's skin cells and reprogramming them back into neural stem cells. They would be much less likely to induce an immune response since they would be the patient's own cells.”

“Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) is a neurotransmitter produced in the brain that inhibits neural activity. Low levels of GABA are associated with increased symptoms of depression. The study involved 28 people between the ages of 18 and 65 years old who had depression.”

“Notably, the brains of the treated animals also exhibited restored BDNF gene expression, enhanced cell size, improved cell signaling, and activation of function in neurons that would otherwise have degenerated, compared to untreated animals.”

“The high active group (top 10%) reported activities like aerobics, calisthenics and running. Aerobic exercise has been shown to grow new brain cells and anaerobic exercise has been shown to increase the production of neurotransmitters and improve learning/memory.”

“Passive diffusion declines with age, following a traumatic brain injury, or in people with the APOE4 gene. The phospholipid form of DHA, abundant in fish roe, directs DHA into the brain via active transport, thus bypassing the reliance on passive diffusion.”

“Amyloid-beta forms plaques in the brain and disrupts the synapses between neurons which can play a role in memory loss. Amyloid-beta aggregates are associated with Alzheimer's disease.”

“Participants were randomly assigned to one of three brain training programs or to a control group that did not receive training. The training group completed up to ten sessions lasting 60 to 75 minutes over five to six weeks at the start of the study.”

“Several studies have now shown that TBI can start an inflammatory cascade in the brain that leads to a much higher risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease. People with the apoE4 allele, which is the highest known risk factor for Alzheimer's disease besides age, are twice as likely to get Alzheimer's disease than those without apoE4.”

“His study published in 2011 found DHA triggered production of Neuroprotectin D1 (NPD1), a naturally occurring neuroprotective molecule in the brain derived from DHA and discovered by Dr. Bazan. Not only did DHA treatment salvage stroke-damaged brain tissue that would have died, its repair mechanisms rendered some areas indistinguishable from normal tissue by 7 days.”