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CBD has shown “promising” results to reduce inflammation and cognitive decline associated with aging, according to a recent government-funded study. Researchers at University of Lethbridge and McGill University investigated the effects of non-intoxicating cannabidiol on aging mice, testing to see how long-term administration of CBD would impact memory, motor control functions and coordination that are linked to key parts of …

Animal models The following mouse lines were used: C57BL/6J mice (The Jackson Laboratory, line 000664), C57BL/6 aged mice (National Institutes of Aging) and B6;129-Gt(ROSA)26Sortm1(CAG-cas9*,-EGFP)Fezh/J (The Jackson Laboratory, line 024857). All studies were done in young (2–3 months) or aged (18–22 months) male mice that were not involved in any previous procedures. The numbers of mice used to result in statistically significant differences …

Late-night hosts talked about Donald Trump’s rambling Truth Social posts and Taylor Swift’s new album announcement. Seth Meyers Seth Meyers opened Tuesday’s Late Night with a recap of Donald Trump’s effort to take over the metro police in Washington DC. During Monday’s announcement that the federal government would deploy national guard troops in the city, Trump said that he wanted …

Marijuana users have “superior performance across multiple cognitive domains,” according to a new large-scale study funded by the U.S. federal government, with the effects of cannabis on cognition “presented concurrently across a range of brain systems.” The research, published this month as a preprint by Nature Portfolio, analyzed brain imaging and cognitive data from 37,929 participants in the United Kingdom aged …

Could Bottling Up Stress Fuel Cognitive Decline?  Study Finds Bottling up stress may accelerate memory loss in older adults  Earth.com Hopelessness Tied to Aging Brain Changes in Chinese Americans  Technology Networks Silent Stress Could Speed Cognitive Decline in Older Adults  ScienceBlog.com Source link

Antidepressant vortioxetine linked to greater cognitive and mood improvements in Alzheimer’s patients  PsyPost Source link

Bright children from low-income homes lose cognitive edge in early secondary school  PsyPost Source link

The researchers studied brain tissue of about 400 people post mortem, as well as blood samples and a battery of memory tests performed yearly before their death. The scientists found higher levels of lithium in cognitively healthy people. But as sticky clumps of protein, known as amyloid plaques, began forming in their brains in the early stages of dementia, the …

A new study suggests exercise, diet and regular healthcare check-ups may lower dementia risk. That includes physical exercise—ideally six times per week—and mental exercises to keep you sharp. Following the MIND diet, a combination of the Mediterranean and DASH diets, may also support better brain health. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and related dementias are significant public health challenges for many reasons. …

When you eat blueberries and they digest in your gastrointestinal tract, the smaller molecules move into the circulatory system. Then they shift back up into the brain to settle in brain tissues, passing the blood-brain barrier, Lila explains. “It’s not one magic bullet,” Lila says. But when you eat a blueberry, your gut breaks it down into multiple compounds, which …