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“A mouse study demonstrated that oral berberine (50 or 100 mg/kg/bw per day) reversed the depression-inducing effects of corticosterone injection by upregulating hippocampal synthesis of brain-derived neurotrophic factor – a type of protein that acts on neurons in the central and peripheral nervous systems and may be important for the antidepressant response.”

“In COSMOS-Clinic and a meta-analysis of three COSMOS cognitive substudies, daily multivitamin supplementation improved global cognition and episodic memory, with the global cognition effect estimated as equivalent to roughly 2 years less cognitive aging.”

“As we age, choline levels increase in the brain and this is linked to cognitive impairment and loss of brain function. Aerobic exercise appears to stop choline levels from increasing too much and boosts brain power by increasing markers of neuronal energy reserve.”

“Perhaps the most clear-cut examples of cryotherapy’s beneficial effects are observed in the brain, where levels of the hormone and neurotransmitter norepinephrine – responsible for vigilance, attention, focus, and positive mood – increase markedly when the body is exposed to extreme cold.”

“A separate trial of 153 adults found that smartphone-based mindfulness training combining attention monitoring with acceptance reduced daily loneliness and increased social interactions compared with monitoring alone or an active control.”

“This 2022 review provides an overview of the science surrounding osteocalcin – a hormone that participates in a wide range of physiological processes throughout the body, including glucose homeostasis, exercise capacity, brain development, cognition, and male fertility, highlighting the many ways in which bones influence health.”

“A recent study found that exercise may also improve older adults' language comprehension by enhancing cardiorespiratory fitness—the body's capacity to deliver and use oxygen-rich blood. The study included 160 monolingual or bilingual older adults.”

“FTA: > Excessive movement common among children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder is actually vital to how they remember information and work out complex cognitive tasks, a new study shows. The findings show the longtime prevailing methods for helping children with ADHD may be misguided.”

“More than half of the participants on the low-carb, high-fat diet had at least some ketones in their urine by six weeks into the diet until the end and this correlated with improved memory. It is thought that people with Alzheimer's disease have problems using glucose as energy in the brain.”

“Adult neurogenesis in the hippocampus was significantly increased by aerobic exercise while resistance training had no effect on neurogenesis but did improve strength in rats. Since both cognitive decline and frailty (decrease in strength) occur with age it may be good to engage in both aerobic and strength training.”