Explore Brain Health
What is brain health? ||| h2
Brain health refers to how well a person’s brain functions across several areas, including motor, emotional, sensory, and tactile functions. Importantly, it also includes cognitive health, or how well one thinks, learns, and remembers.
As a person ages, changes in their brain can affect cognitive health. $While some change is normal, a more severe decline may be a sign of dementia due to Alzheimer's disease (AD) or another type of dementia.|||red-text$
Signs of these changes may include having trouble remembering things, thinking clearly, and interacting with others.
Alzheimer’s disease
Amyloid and cognitive decline
Alzheimer’s disease may be linked to a protein in the brain called amyloid. ||| h5-text-align
- Amyloid is a protein that the body produces naturally, but an excessive buildup of amyloid plaques in the brain may be associated with memory and thinking issues
- These plaques can begin to build up in the brain about 20 years before you start to notice symptoms
- Even if you aren’t experiencing symptoms, there are steps you can take with your doctor to be more proactive about your cognitive health
How do you know if symptoms like memory and thinking issues are more than normal aging? ||| h5-text-align
