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Age-related muscle wasting and cognitive decline linked

Dec 12, 2019 | Ageing Brain, Exercise, Healthy Living, Mind-Body, Neuroplasticity, Neuroscience, The Scientists Speak, Uncategorized | 5 Comments

by Blake Alec Miranda. We're all familiar with the concept that with ageing comes a gradual loss of ...

Weight training protects the ageing brain

Nov 22, 2019 | Ageing Brain, Exercise, The Scientists Speak | 7 Comments

Thanks to Blake Alec Miranda from the Yassa Translational Neurobiology Laboratory at the University of California, Irvine for ...

Is it ever too late to hope for change?

Nov 14, 2019 | Ageing Brain, Healthy Living | 9 Comments

On February 21, 1875, one year before Alexander Graham Bell filed his patent for the telephone, a baby ...

How to nurture a healthy brain for life (Part 7 of Your Brain at 100)

Nov 5, 2019 | Ageing Brain, Diet, Exercise, Healthy Living, Neuroscience, Sleep, Stress, The Scientists Speak | 5 Comments

This is part 7 of a series of lessons in brain health from our elders — those folk ...

Busy brains build resilience to ageing. (Part 6 of Your Brain at 100)

Oct 27, 2019 | Ageing Brain, Education, Neuroplasticity, Performance | 4 Comments

This is part 6 of a series of lessons in brain health from our elders — those folk ...

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