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Brain Aging
Ultra-processed foods – like cookies, chips, frozen meals and fast food – may contribute to cognitive decline
Scientists have known for years that unhealthy diets – particularly those that are high in fat and sugar – may cause detrimental changes to the brain and lead to cognitive impairment.
Two Department of Neuroscience faculty chosen as AlzSTARS Scholars
Drs. Valerie Joes and Karina Alviña were chosen as AlzSTARS Scholars. This program (Alzheimer’s Science Training to Advance Research Success or AlzSTARS) is a collaboration between the 1Florida Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (1FLADRC) is a National Institute of Aging funded collaboration of The University of…
Read the latest from the Foster group
A new study by UF neuroscientists demonstrates an example of the brain’s ability to shift and utilize different neural circuits to perform a task in order to compensate for brain aging. The rat model study, published recently in the Journal of Neuroscience, was designed to test the hypothesis that cognitive…
