Age results in brain regions associated with memory becoming smaller, says study
Posted on: 29/Nov/2016 10:17:53 AM
A study published in PLOS Computational Biology has said that as people age, the groups of brain regions that synchronize their activity during memory tasks become smaller and more numerous. The study was conducted by researchers from the Princeton University in New Jersey in the US.
The researchers found that, regardless of whether a person is using memory, directing attention, or resting, the number of synchronous groups of connections within one brain is consistent for that person. However, between people, these numbers vary dramatically.
Speaking about this, the researchers said, This method elegantly captures important differences between individual brains, which are often complex and difficult to describe. The resulting tools show promise for understanding how different brain characteristics are related to behavior, health, and disease. Future work will investigate how to use individual brain signatures to differentiate between healthily aging brains and brains with age-related impairments.
