For a long time people look for "strong medicine" for the brain. Later in the science of old diseases (Geriatrics) popping the finding that the brain can be maintained its potential to consume some type of natural nutritious substances, or chemical drugs. Like what?
It is not unusual that the shrinkage of brain function with advancing age. Mr. Wir. in the past 70 years of age often complain that he became very forgetful. "What I'm senile, Doc?" He asked. Sure to be answered is not necessarily so.
The ability to remember is one of the functions of the brain. However, remember and forget can mean two. Maybe just kind of forgot the plural in the elderly (forgetfullness), or it could be true of a dementia.
Certainly not all older people must be senile. Several factors play a role in supporting it. Factor gene, for example, which makes the brain tissue instantly turn into a shriveled as occurs in Alzheimer's disease. Another case of brain function decline may be because the brain is not maintained their fitness.
Normally, in order to stay in shape, the brain needs two things: blood flow is always smoothly deliver oxygen and nutrients. For that blood itself must be healthy, normal cells, and blood curdling liquid (no aggregate).
We know, brain blood flow is influenced also by the strength of the heart pumps blood, but still intact brain blood vessel tube. Good daily menu without the pressure of blood to the brain is sufficient, or if the pipes are clogged brain arteries, it still makes brain food supply shortages. Within minutes, the lack of oxygen supply to the brain makes the brain tissue is damaged and die, so that the function of the brain is disrupted and no longer optimal.
Conversely, the blood supply to the brain sufficient but daily menus are many shortcomings, both make the brain cells are no longer fit. The way a short breathing, oxygen in the air we breathe is thin, a flood of air pollution, an origin that makes some brain cells due to shortness of breath to scream. Have not calculated the bad effects if you choose the daily menu for a minimal kind of brain food or nutritional deficiency supplier liaison between cells of the brain chemicals (neurotransmitters).
Neurotransmitters
We've known nearly a hundred types of chemical neurotransmitters to many brain functions. Shortage of one of the chemical link between cells of the brain resulting in impaired brain function. Every part of the brain function played by one of this vital chemical.
The findings of the recent happenings in love with any process, for example, found to be influenced by nuerotransmitter types of dopamine. This is equivalent to the emergence of mental disorders, obsessive-compulsive types (National Geographic, Feberuari edition 2006).
In 2000, when mapping the brain (Human Brain Mapping) managed to read, found there are parts of the brain (claustrum) is believed to be the center of the male sex (Brain G-Spot). Each time the male sexual arousal, claustrum his brain so active, and increases blood flow to it. The findings were promising would be the creation of a drug (chemical) that can trigger the brain to spicy, and male sex then so be on hold.
Long before that, brain research (after President Bush declared the 20th century as Brain Age) also found the center of the fear, the center of death, longevity centers in the brain. With the findings that means there's hope biotechnology will be able to manipulate the centers of the brain that for the purposes of the welfare of mankind.
Although the brain maintained properly, contamination can also whack from the outside, with the result that more or less the same. Free radicals are flooding from the air, daily menus, and electromagnetic waves (cell phone, electric field, the wave of the oven, display monitors, and other electronic devices) increasingly undermines the lives of modern people. Mental acuity may decline by it. Consequently, the ability to remember, learning, attention, concentration, and decision-making, becomes no longer sharp.
The brain also requires a complete supply of nutrients, particularly iron, trace element selenium, in addition to the group B vitamins, and omega-3 (DHA). Iron deficiency anemia can reduce cognitive acuity, but can occur mood disorders, anxiety, excessive fatigue when the brain is deprived of the mineral selenium.
Nootropics
Already mentioned above, in order to keep the brain working normally required optimal brain blood flow, and supply oskigen and brain food to match. In other words, brain metabolism increased.
Among the findings about the food that takes brains, it turns over ten substances are found to be very vital role, including phosphatidylserine that in addition to improving cognitive function, sense of prosperity and appearance of normal behavior was raised. With a substance that increases mental acuity.
The same efficacy was also obtained from substances vinpocetine (from seedling plants voaconga) are widely used for elderly dementia, which work by increasing blood flow to the brain, in addition to improving transport sugar to the brain cells. Then, also found ginkgosides AD from the leaves of the nutritious ginkgobiloba improve brain blood flow, in addition to repairing nerve impulses the brain.
We also know phenylalanine, the fabric of several types of neurotransmitters. While carnitine is believed to be an antioxidant inhibitor of brain aging and spur some neurotransmitters. Substance found hydergine also able to increase cerebral blood flow.
The material on classified nootropics or hyper brain function, and are now more widely used as a supplement, in addition to be used as "drugs" because of merit increases cerebral blood flow, as well as suppliers of food that is appropriate for the brain, which means increasing the metabolism of the brain.
Not Quite Red-Pill
Research particulars how memory is formed in the brain has been successfully traced. Apparently some of the substances involved in memory formation in the brain. Researcher Eric Kendel, Nobel Laureate 2000 (Memory Pharmaceuticals) managed to track down memory capacity of the brain at the molecular level. He found, it turns out the substance AMP (Adenosinemonophosphate) plays a central role in memory formation.
Further note that the type of CREB (C-AMP response element binding protein) exactly as the memory-forming substance. Over eight pharmaceutical companies then compete to create the substance of this smart, as the prime contractor memory formation in the human brain.
Actually been since the 50's began exploring the possibility of creating a "drugs" to cope with memory loss due to brain age (age-related memory loss). From there it created several new drugs to combat Alzheimer's cases. Following the class of drugs piracetam, amiracetam, oxiracetam, pramiracetam as cognitive abilities of brain-specific enhancers.
Types that affect brain neurotransmitters played by groups linopirdine, physostigmin, sabeluzole, tacrine, vasopressine, amantadine, in addition to nicotine and caffeine. The herbal ingredients appear kinds Ma-huang, oxymethanol, pyritinol, and BR-16A.
These nutritious ingredients that is now appointed as a "tonic" or "red pill" (Viagra being a "sex tonic" was dubbed the "blue pill"), who is now busy to enter the market as a reinforcing material into the brain. The amplifier here means keeping cognitive abilities (sharpen memory, attention, concentration, problem-solving, and decision making).
However, one thing must not be forgotten. Cerebral blood flow smoothly and food matching brain just is not enough if the oxygen we breathe is still inadequate. Routine activities if breathing becomes an integral part of the brain membugarkan effort.
Another thing that materials on top, not add to the brain to be smarter. Intelligence is like a glass. Each person has a glass of its own intelligence inherited from her mother and father. Upbringing, education, and life experience intelligence that will fill our glasses. Depending on how small since we are nurtured and educated, intelligent glasses belong to us to be fully charged or not, so the brain can perform optimally.
Provision of nutritious ingredients, medicine, food, beverages containing a suitable menu for the brain, just keep keoptimalan that glass is fully charged it full, and not giving the new intelligence glasses bigger.
