Brain nutrition, aging and neuroplasticity

Neuroplasticity allows the neurons in the brain to compensate for injury and disease and to adjust their activities in response to new situations or to changes in their environment. The aging brain can adapt through cellular defences mechanisms, such as redox capacity, DNA repair, release of neurotrophins (BDNF, IGF-1), promotion of neurogenesis and the capability of the dendrites and synapses to change in response of the environmental stress. The brain's perfect immunity regulation by the microglia and the central nervous system's anti-oxidant capacity enhancement depends on several concepts, including the best nutritional foods and supplements, hormones, physical activity and learning procedures. The aim of this talk is to reveal the biochemical and immunological mechanisms behind the brain aging in order to prevent the neurodegenerative diseases and stimulate the neuroplasticity with the use of dietary functional substances, natural immune-modulatory molecules and bio-identical hormones.