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2. Prevention of dementia - Wikipedia

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   The prevention of dementia involves reducing the number of risk factors for the development of dementia, and is a global health priority needing a global response. [1] [2] Initiatives include the establishment of the International Research Network on Dementia Prevention (IRNDP) [3] which aims to link researchers in this field globally, and the establishment of the Global Dementia Observatory ...

3. Scientists Find These 5 Factors Improve Brain Health ... - AOL

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   Now, new research finds five factors that can also help support brain health and sharp thinking as you age, The study, which was published in JAMA Neurology , looked at the autopsies of 586 people ...

4. Hypertension and the brain - Wikipedia

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   In terms of environmental factors, dietary salt intake is the leading risk factor in the development of hypertension. [7] Salt sensitivity is characterized by an increase in blood pressure with an increase in dietary salt and is associated with various genetic, demographic, and physiological factors— African American populations, postmenopausal women, and older individuals carry a higher ...

5. 5 ways to reduce your dementia risk as study estimates U.S ...

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   The report, which included a sample of over 15,000 people, found that nearly one in two adults over age 55 are at risk of dementia—and the risk is disproportionately higher for older women ...

6. Cerebral atherosclerosis - Wikipedia

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   Cerebral atherosclerosis is a type of atherosclerosis where build-up of plaque in the blood vessels of the brain occurs. Some of the main components of the plaques are connective tissue, extracellular matrix, including collagen, proteoglycans, fibronectin, and elastic fibers; crystalline cholesterol, cholesteryl esters, and phospholipids; cells such as monocyte derived macrophages, T ...

7. How to fight dementia, according to neurologists

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   Get ready for your well-brain checkup — a scientifically based way to keep your brain as sharp as possible as long as possible.

8. Aging brain - Wikipedia

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   The brain is very complex, and is composed of many different areas and types of tissue, or matter. The different functions of different tissues in the brain may be more or less susceptible to age-induced changes. [6] The brain matter can be broadly classified as either grey matter, or white matter.

9. Neuroscience of aging - Wikipedia

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   Treatments with anticancer chemotherapeutic agents often are toxic to the cells of the brain, leading to memory loss and cognitive dysfunction that can persist long after the period of exposure. This condition, termed chemo brain, appears to be due to DNA damages that cause epigenetic changes in the brain that accelerate the brain aging process ...