How the Brain Can Stay ‘Young’

How the Brain Can Stay ‘Young’
Stretching your mind with mentally challenging activities can help improve your memory. Shutterstock
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Do we really lose thousands of brain cells every day in older age?
Answer: For years, experts believed that, unlike many other cells in the body, neurons did not regenerate. They thought that the brain produced new brain cells only early in life and that once you reached adulthood, the growth of new neurons ceased and existing neurons began to die off.
Howard LeWine
Howard LeWine
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Howard LeWine, M.D., Harvard Health Publishing
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