Getting older significantly affects our brain’s wiring. Metabolism gets sluggish, oxidative stress piles up, and the myelin sheath – the fatty insulation that lets signals zip along nerve fibers – starts to fray.
Microglia, the brain’s immune cells, can also get stuck in a chronically fired-up state that hurts more than it helps.
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Microglia, the brain’s immune cells, can also get stuck in a chronically fired-up state that hurts more than it helps.
https://www.earth.com/news...
Eating fewer calories helps the aging brain rewire itself - Earth.com
Long-term calorie restriction reshapes the aging brain at the cellular level, maintaining healthier pathways that make it appear younger.
https://www.earth.com/news/eating-fewer-calories-helps-the-aging-brain-rewire-itself/
10:35 AM - Nov 27, 2025
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