Aging Affects the Female Brain Differently than the Male Brain
A new study out this week in PNAS may help us understand how aging affects the female brain differently than the male brain, especially in the 60-70 year olds. Here’s the bottom line: 60-70 year old males tend to have more gene changes in their brains and my become affected by brain aging sooner than females. They also found that aging of the male brain was characterized by global decreased catabolic and anabolic capacity, while increased immune activation was a prominent feature of aging in both sexes. Females tend to respond with greater inflammatory activation in the female brain.
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February 17th, 2009 at 11:56 am
I was interested in the differences of how brains were affected by age. Other variables, such as environment, education and if the person is continuing education. I am in my late 50s. I am currently going to graduate school and am taking different programs to keep my brain in active mode. How much does all of this really helps in retarding the affects of age?