The air you breathe affects your brain

The air the two patients breathed had a decisive effect on their brains. The conclusion was made by researchers at the Memory Center, who observed patients for many years. Doctors and researchers there monitor people with cognitive impairment as they age.

Both patients agreed to donate their brains for research after death, writes xrust. The man who died at the age of 85 from dementia lived in Philadelphia. An autopsy of the skull revealed the presence of a large number of amyloid plaques and tau tangles. These are proteins associated with Alzheimer's disease. They were scattered throughout the brain.

A woman who died of brain cancer at 85 showed virtually no signs of Alzheimer's disease. Long-term examinations of cognitive impairment have been positive.

The man lived a few blocks from Interstate 676, which runs through downtown Philadelphia. The woman lived several miles away, surrounded by.

The level of air pollution she was exposed to—particularly the level of fine particulate matter PM2.5—was less than half that of him. Was it a coincidence that he developed severe Alzheimer's disease while her cognitive abilities remained normal?

Given the growing evidence that chronic exposure to the neurotoxin PM2.5 not only damages the lungs and heart, but is also associated with dementia, this is likely not the case.

Xrust The air you breathe affects your brain