Archive for the Dementia Category

January 18, 2011 / Dementia, Epilepsy, Neuroprotectors, Parkinson's

Music is good for the brain

The study conducted by researchers at McGill University in Montreal and published in January 2011 issue of Nature Neuroscience showed that the music increased dopamine levels in certain areas of t

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October 15, 2010 / Brain metabolism, Dementia, Energy Substrates, Neuroprotectors

Memory impairment, hippocampal atrophy, and the 10,000 steps a day rule.

Twenty-five percent of individuals over 65 years of age have sufficient cognitive problems, short of dementia, to affect the quality of their lives (1, 2). The ability to learn consciously and recall

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August 30, 2010 / Alzheimer's, Dementia, Neurodegenerative diseases, Neuroprotectors, Parkinson's

The MMM of aging: mood, memory, movement

“Thinking, Moving, Feeling”: What Do They Have in Common? This question opens a review of age-related declines, their inter-relationships, mechanisms, and the ways to postpone if not avoid th

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March 17, 2010 / Dementia, Excitatory GABA, Ketogenic diet, Ketone bodies, Neuroprotectors

On the mechanisms of brain protection by ketones

Neuronal activity in immature neocortical neurons depends on the availability of ketone bodies in ACSF [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="120" caption="The provoking findings of Rheims et al. su

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