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Have y'all seen this?

June 11, 2009, 11:36 am

Can Memory Loss Be Prevented?

By Anne Underwood

http://newoldage.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/11/can-dementia-be-prevented/?em

At the age of 78, Bob Branham, a retired computer software developer

in Dallas, Tex., took up quilting. It wasn’t his idea, actually. He’d

never dreamed of piecing together his own Amish diamond coverlet or

rummaging around Jo-Ann Fabrics in search of calico prints. But then

he enrolled in a trial sponsored by the National Institute on Aging to

assess whether learning a new skill can help preserve cognitive

function in old age. By random assignment, he landed in the quilting

group.

When it comes to mental agility, we’re more likely to think of

crosswords than cross-stitch. But neuroscientists suspect that

learning a challenging new skill — a new language, a new musical

instrument — may be even more effective than mental games at keeping

the brain sharp. And quilting is more complicated than it may seem.

“It’s a very abstract task,” said Dr. Park, a cognitive

neuroscientist at the University of Texas at Dallas, who is leading

the trial. “You have to picture what the pattern will look like, match

fabrics, manipulate geometric forms, mentally rotate objects.”

In Mr. Branham’s case, he also had to learn to use a sewing machine.

And while it’s too early to tell if quilting is sharpening his mind,

he quickly found that he loved his new pastime. He spends as much as

40 hours a week piecing and stitching, both at home and at the social

center that Dr. Park set up for the trial.

“I get ideas and pointers from the instructor and the other

participants,” he said. “We have a real good time.”

Memory is among the least understood areas of neuroscience, and the

sad truth is that there is no magic pill or potion at present that

will prevent our parents’ minds from failing. But a panel of 30

experts from the United States and Europe recently issued a consensus

statement on what we do know about maintaining brain fitness (which

includes not only memory, but also reasoning, attention and speed of

processing). The verdict was that three things are crucial: physical

exercise, mental challenges and good health habits in general.

But wait! What about the supplements and software programs we’ve been

stocking up on? “There’s a lot of snake oil out there,” warned Dr.

Carstensen, director of the Center on Longevity at Stanford

University, who co-chaired the panel. In short, don’t count on

supplements. (The rationale behind ginkgo biloba is plausible, but

there is no scientific evidence it works.) Steer clear of anything

that promises to prevent Alzheimer’s disease. (Such a claim would

require approval from the Food and Drug Administration, and no product

has it.) And look skeptically on software programs. (Most improve

performance only on the games themselves, not mental function in

general.)

Instead, Dr. Carstensen said, get moving. Exercise may sound like an

impractical way to boost Mom’s cognition when her energy levels are

dwindling. But multiple studies show it helps. In a study published in

the Archives of Internal Medicine in 2001, women ages 65 and older who

walked the most showed the least cognitive decline over an eight-year

period — up to 30 percent less than their sedentary counterparts.

Another trial in the journal Nature by Dr. Arthur Kramer, a

neuroscientist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,

found not just slower declines but actual improvements in working

memory, attention and executive skills in older adults (average age

72) after six months of an aerobic exercise program — specifically, 45

minutes to an hour of walking, three times a week.

How could aerobic exercise possibly accomplish this? Among other

things, it increases blood flow, encourages the formation of new

synapses and reverses some of the age-related decline in brain volume.

“If exercise were a pill, it would be the most expensive drug on the

market,” said Dr. Carstensen.

Other good habits are important, too. As neuroscientists like to say,

what’s good for the heart is good for the brain. That would include

maintaining healthy blood sugar and blood pressure levels. A study

last December in the ls of Neurology showed that controlling blood

sugar, even in non-diabetic adults, can help prevent deterioration in

a part of the brain that’s necessary for memory formation. Another

paper published in the Archives of Neurology in February by scientists

at Columbia University found that eating a heart-healthy Mediterranean

diet — rich in fish, vegetables, whole grains, fruits, legumes and

unsaturated fats — lowered the risk of mild cognitive impairment over

four and a half years by as much as 28 percent.

But even if Mom follows all the advice she herself used to propound —

eat your vegetables, go outside and exercise — there is no substitute

for mental challenges. The brain is a use-it-or-lose-it type of organ.

Synaptic connections that aren’t firing will weaken.

The problem with most of our favorite approaches to staying sharp is

that they are narrowly focused when what’s needed is global

improvement. Crosswords are great for word retrieval. That’s clearly

important. But not even The Times’s Sunday puzzle by Will Shortz will

help you remember where you left your car keys. “If you want lots of

improvement, you have to do mental cross-training,” said Dr. K. Warner

Schaie, a professor of psychology at Pennsylvania State University.

In short, engage in many types of mental activity. Do crosswords,

Sudoku, acrostics, play bridge, read books, join clubs, get into

debates, volunteer — anything to keep the mind alive and engaged in

new and interesting tasks. If the activity includes social

interaction, so much the better. Or take up a new hobby, a new

language or a new instrument that will challenge the brain in entirely

different ways, preferably for years. “One problem with aging is that

you develop expertise in a few things and do them over and over,” said

Dr. Carstensen. “Proficiency is good, but it’s probably not growing

new synapses.”

Mr. Branham, on the other hand, seems to be sprouting plenty of neural

connections. He’s now completed two full-sized quilts — one a sampler

with various patterns, the other a split rail design with stars in the

four corners. He’d even like to launch a small business selling his

patchwork place mats and table runners. When friends at church ask him

why he signed up for such a study, and why on earth he agreed to start

quilting, he has a ready answer. “Studies need participants,” he says.

“And you should sign up, too.”

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