David Sinclair· PhD
a molecule known to promote brain repair and neuroplasticity — J Appl Physiol, 2003
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a molecule known to promote brain repair and neuroplasticity — J Appl Physiol, 2003
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brain Drive neurotrophic factor is a really important for many reasons I mean it's a um it's a it's it's important for long-term uh potentiation it's important for neuroplasticity so long-term potentiation is you know they're maintaining that can basically strengthening the connections um of the synapses that are connecting neurons it's involved in in basically long-term memory form uh retention but also um it's important for neuroplasticity
bdnf if you give bdnf to the brain the neurons function better
BDNF (which grows new neurons)
bdnf is often referred to as a Miracle Grow for brain cells because it increases the grow grow of new brain cells and it promotes the survival of already existing neurons bdnf also increases neuronal plasticity which is important to learn new information as well as to remember and retain that new information
it plays a role in neuroplasticity the ability of your brain to sort of adapt to the changing environment and a variety of other things that's doing in your brain that's that's huge beneficial for brain Aging for cognition