High Blood Pressure Has the Biggest Impact on Brain Health as We Age When assessing the 17 modifiable risk factors, high blood pressure (hypertension) emerged as the one with the biggest impact.

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The brain's cortical thickness and volume do shrink to a degree with age, especially in the frontal cortex. This loss of brain mass has cognitive consequences, but need not fundamentally alter a ...

Beyond genes! New research on zebrafish embryos reveals physical forces and cell stickiness are crucial for shaping the brain ...