{"id":23298,"date":"2025-03-05T18:00:05","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T19:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=23298"},"modified":"2025-03-05T19:25:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T19:25:41","slug":"aging-womens-brain-mysteries-are-tested-in-trio-of-studies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=23298","title":{"rendered":"Aging Women\u2019s Brain Mysteries Are Tested in Trio of Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p id=\"article-summary\" class=\"css-79rysd e1wiw3jv0\">Researchers identified a gene that seems to help slow brain aging in women, and studied links between hormone therapy, menopause and Alzheimer\u2019s.<\/p>\n<section class=\"meteredContent css-1r7ky0e\">\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Women\u2019s brains are superior to men\u2019s in at least in one respect \u2014 they age more slowly. And now, a group of researchers reports that they have found a gene in mice that rejuvenates female brains.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Humans have the same gene. The discovery suggests a possible way to help both women and men avoid cognitive declines in advanced age.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"http:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/sciadv.ads8169\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">study<\/a> was published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances. The journal also published two other studies on women\u2019s brains, one on the effect of hormone therapy on the brain and another on how age at the onset of menopause shapes the risk of getting Alzheimer\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-6f0d631c\">A gene that slows brain aging<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0896627324008833?via%3Dihub\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">evidence<\/a> that women\u2019s brains age more slowly than men\u2019s do <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0896627324008833?via%3Dihub\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">seemed compelling<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Researchers, looking at the way the brain uses blood sugar, had already found that the brains of aging women are <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/doi\/full\/10.1073\/pnas.1815917116\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">years younger<\/a>, in metabolic terms, than the brains of aging men.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"Dropzone-1\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\" data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Other scientists, examining markings on DNA, found that female brains are a year or so younger than male brains.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">And careful cognitive studies of healthy older people found that women had better memories and <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamaneurology\/fullarticle\/2193880\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">cognitive function<\/a> than men of the same age.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1336jj\">\n<div class=\"css-121kum4\">\n<div class=\"css-171quhb\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-asuuk5\">\n<div class=\"css-7axq9l\" data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript\">\n<div data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript-message\" class=\"css-6yo1no\">\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">We are having trouble retrieving the article content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1dv1kvn\" id=\"optimistic-truncator-a11y\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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And now, a group of researchers reports that they have found a gene in mice that rejuvenates female brains.Humans have the same gene. The discovery suggests a possible way to help both women and men avoid cognitive declines in advanced age.The study was published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances. The journal also published two other studies on women\u2019s brains, one on the effect of hormone therapy on the brain and another on how age at the onset of menopause shapes the risk of getting Alzheimer\u2019s disease.A gene that slows brain agingThe evidence that women\u2019s brains age more slowly than men\u2019s do seemed compelling.Researchers, looking at the way the brain uses blood sugar, had already found that the brains of aging women are years younger, in metabolic terms, than the brains of aging men.Other scientists, examining markings on DNA, found that female brains are a year or so younger than male brains.And careful cognitive studies of healthy older people found that women had better memories and cognitive function than men of the same age.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. 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