The building for Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas is just beautiful.The centre is a neuroscience research institute that was designed by renowned architect Frank Gehry.It particularly focuses on Alzheimer's disease and other degenerative brain diseases.The 'Lou Ruvo' in the name is a tribute to the father of the centre's founder who died from dementia.Link to image from BoingBoingLin
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June 18, 2010
Architecture of the brain
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March 3, 2010
Learning keeps brain healthy: Mental activity could stave off age-related cognitive and memory decline
Neurobiologists are providing the first visual evidence that learning promotes brain health -- and, therefore, that mental stimulation could limit the debilitating effects of aging on memory and the mind.
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December 31, 2009
Preparing For Successful Aging
It's never too early or too late to start working toward the goal of improving brain health. So perhaps the New Year is the perfect time to consider how one achieves a long and satisfying life. A book recently publishing by American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., called Successful Cognitive and Emotional Aging may be just the tool to help find some answers to the age-old question...
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August 18, 2009
Androgen's effects on older female cognitive functioning
Nowadays there seems to be a growing concern for age-related decline evidenced by the countless number of ads promising brain enhancement through the guise of drugs and nutrients. In addition, studies have shown that female mice exhibit more severe cognitive decline compared to age-matched male mice. So does this mean women should be more vigilant of their brain health and head for the pharmacies
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