A new study, scientists found that people may worry about heart disease, stroke, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease and for a recent study found that people clearly are not just worried about Alzheimer's disease, but scared to death.
It's this fear is justified. Adults over the age of 65, 1 / 8 the disease. Alzheimer's disease who survived who understand their own inevitable end to stir up ill parent or spouse to take care of the burden. Although the number of dementia patients is rapidly increasing, but the market has only a few of the exact effect of the drug, and these drugs can only slow the disease process can not cure it.
The brain can generate new nerve cells
But now researchers than ever before are even more optimistic about the potential of the aging of the brain, because recent evidence challenges the traditional view that people long to prove that the brain can actually generate new neurons.
U.S. National Institute on Aging branch director of neuropsychology old Molly V · Wagesite that the formation of new nerve cells, "not only in adult mice and monkeys, in older adults are also found a. "She added, these can generate new nerve cells in the region and scientists have studied most of the brain for learning and memory are very important, especially the hippocampus region.
The level of activity associated with mental
So how to stimulate the brain to produce new nerve cells in it? Scientists still can not fully answer this question, but they keep the mind sharp for the elderly who have done research to find the answer to bring us some clues. These people generally maintain social contacts, and relatives, friends, community groups close. Most of them are healthy and active movement, and are very pleased to be able to activate the brain or the need brains activities.
However, there is a big question: who in the end is that participated in these activities keep the mind active, or that can participate in these activities because of their cogn