Finding the gene helps rejuvenate the brain

The brains of young people are always "easier", learn better, especially foreign languages ​​and recover from trauma faster than adult brains.

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So a team of researchers at Yale University found an effective way to turn back time, making the old brain become younger and they succeeded in mice.

When we reach adulthood, our brains start to stabilize and become more rigid than the young brain. This is partly due to the activation of single genes that slow the rapid change in synaptic connections.

The gene has been found to help rejuvenate the brain

By monitoring rats' synapses for weeks to months, Yale researchers have discovered the gene responsible for brain maturation. Specifically, the Nogo Receptor 1 gene inhibited high levels of flexibility of the young brain and created the stability of adult brains. In mice without this gene, brain ductility is maintained throughout adulthood. When the researchers blocked the function of the Nogo Receptor 1 gene in an old mouse, the brain was reconstructed and the elasticity was restored as a young age.

"We know a lot about the early stage of the brain. But we know very little," said Stephen Strittmatter, author of neurology and neurobiology, author of the article published in Neuron magazine . about what happens in the brain at the end of adolescence ". Continuing Strittmatter, a doctoral student at Yale University, Feras Akbik said: "The finding will open up the potential of applying Nogo Receptor gene to humans, thereby promoting and expanding resilience after injury. brain, such as stroke ".

In addition, the team also showed that the Nogo Receptor gene slowed the memory loss process and it was demonstrated in mice without the Nogo Receptor gene. Thereby, the team said that the application of the Nogo Receptor gene could also help treat patients with post-traumatic stress disorder.