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Concerned about your aging parents' health? Use this health information guide to determine if your aging parents may need some help. As your parents get older, you may want to make sure they're taking care of themselves and staying healthy.
To help determine whether or not your aging parents ask yourself the following questions. Then, if necessary, take action so that your aging parents can address any health issues before they become worse. Taking action can help improve your aging parents quality of life and help your aging parents maintain their independence.
Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that certain types of specializations on nerve cells called “spines” are depleted as a person ages, causing cognitive decline in the part of the brain that mediates the highest levels of learning. These spines receive an important class of synapses that are involved with the process of learning.
The discovery provides the medical community with a new therapeutic target to help prevent cognitive decline in the part of the brain that effects learning. The findings are reported in the June 2, 2010 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience.