Blood Brain Barrier Articles

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Pantethine is Highly Protective to Your Brain

A recent animal study showed that the nutrient pantethine protected the brain of mice from the ravages of malaria infection. Pantethine did not work by killing the infection; rather it performed its magic by dramatically boosting the integrity of the brain’s natural defense system so that it could withstand the infection. While most Americans are not too worried about contracting malaria, the method of pantethine’s operation has profound implications for the cognitive well being of all Americans.

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Cell Phones Induce Memory-Related Brain Damage

A new rat study shows that two hours per week of cell phone exposure for one year resulted in diminished interest and impaired memory function.

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High-Fat Diet May Adversely Alter Your Brain Structure

In a rather sobering study scientists have demonstrated that a high-fat diet has the potential to drastically alter the architecture of the brain, resulting in poor circulation within the brain, down-regulated metabolism, and outright brain damage in areas of the brain central to appetite regulation. The implications of the study are that once a person starts eating too much and continues to do so for a period of time they are inducing actual brain damage that will be difficult to reverse – in turn locking in a poor state of metabolic health.

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Resveratrol Protects Blood-Brain Barrier

Entry of substances into your brain is closely regulated by your blood-brain barrier, preventing toxins and other damaging molecules from entering your brain and wreaking havoc. A new animal study shows that resveratrol protects the blood-brain barrier from damage otherwise caused by oxidized LDL cholesterol.

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Acetyl-L-Carnitine Protects Blood-Brain Barrier from Alcohol Damage

In excess alcohol is a fat-soluble toxin that readily damages the healthy structure of your blood-brain barrier. In this situation not only is your brain exposed to toxic levels of alcohol but the compromise that excess alcohol causes to your blood-brain barrier enables other toxins to enter your brain and induce damage. A new study shows that Acetyl-l-carnitine (ALC) can prevent alcohol-induced damaged to the blood-brain barrier.

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Acetyl-L-Carnitine & Pantethine Prevent Damage to the Blood Brain Barrier

Your blood brain barrier (BBB) must keep unwanted substances out of your brain. If it becomes “leaky” due to inflammatory, stress, pollution, etc. then problematic substances can cross into your brain and a chain reaction of damaging events follows. Such problems with blood brain barrier integrity are a percentage of the problem in just about every issue affecting the health of your brain, including reduced learning ability, memory decline, cognitive decline, depression, and any neurologic disease. Nutrients such as Acetyl-L-Carnitine (ALC) and pantethine can help preserve the integrity of your BBB, thus reducing nervous system stress.

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Excessive & Abnormal Brain Blood Vessel Formation Linked to Alzheimer’s

A new study shows that altered permeability in the blood-brain barrier is a key factor associated with amyloid beta excess. Previously it has been shown that leakiness of the blood-brain barrier allows substances to enter the brain that provoke brain inflammation and consequent excessive production of amyloid beta. This study adds a new twist, actually showing that amyloid beta acts on the blood-brain barrier to make it more permeable. In essence, this now becomes a chicken-and-egg issue and means that once the problem gets going it is likely to become self-perpetuating.

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