Tag: Brain

Researchers have recently published a review on how cannabis use among older adults impacts age-related conditions and longevity [1]. Cannabinoids and longevity In recent years, researchers have observed an increase in cannabis use among older adults, mostly for chronic conditions, such as arthritis, pain, sleep improvement, anxiety, and depressive symptoms. However, there is also a...

Researchers have developed a transcription-based clock that estimates brain age and used it to identify potential interventions against age-related neurodegeneration. Deciding which -omic to use While neurodegeneration and brain aging are not precisely the same [1], the two are tightly linked [2]. Substantial previous work has found that directly addressing brain aging in multiple forms,...

A new study has shown that, unlike many other glucose-lowering drugs, metformin is regulated by the protein Ras1 in a specific subset of neurons, and when injected into the brain, even tiny doses of metformin can do the job [1]. The brain connection The safe and cheap anti-diabetes drug metformin has been in use for...

A recent study explored the differences in the speed of organ aging. The researchers have built models that can predict the odds of diseases and mortality risk based on organ-specific proteins found in plasma [1]. Not all organs age equally Since each organ in the human body is different, the way they age also differs,...

A new study has found that the immune remodeling associated with fasting can be recapitulated by activating a subset of neurons in the hypothalamus. The findings could be important in the context of fasting mimicking, metabolic disorders, and cancer [1]. Fasting and the immune system Decades after the modern field of geroscience was born, caloric...

Researchers have improved multiple health metrics in prematurely aged mice by re-establishing the production of neuropeptide Y in the hypothalamus [1]. An essential protein Age-related decline in the function of the hypothalamus, a core region of the brain, has been suggested to be a “key factor in the development of whole-body aging” [2]. Due to...