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Advice of Academician Bekhterev for brain health
Nowadays, dementia has become the fifth cause of death in the world, and among people over 70 years old - the second after coronary heart disease. As of 2016, this disease affects more than a million Russians and almost 4 million Americans.
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Dementia is Latin for “madness.” Signs of the disease are diverse, but the “first call” for others is the weakening of memory. Then there is the so-called cognitive deficit: impaired speech, attention, ability to navigate the terrain, deterioration of abstract thinking.
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Can dementia-induced brain changes be avoided? Turns out you can! And most often in the list of drugs used for this, nootropics are mentioned. From the combination of the words "noos" (mind) and "tropos" (affiliation).
Remember the movie “Darklands” starring Bradley Cooper? In the story, a failed writer begins to take the drug NZT, which accelerates his brain to unprecedented speeds. This completely changes the life of the hero, making him successful and rich. And then he learns about the terrible consequences...
Nootropics are not magic pills from the movie. They help you focus, improve your memory, but they can’t teach you to write brilliant poems or solve differential equations in your mind.
The ancestor of nootropic drugs is Piracetam, invented in the middle of the twentieth century by UCB Pharmaceutical in Belgium. Due to its availability and the absence of side effects, this tool was able to become truly popular.
It is prescribed not only to elderly patients suffering from memory loss and dementia, but also with poor learning ability of children, vegetative-vascular dystonia, alcoholism, traumatic brain injuries.
WHO defines nootropics as means that “have a direct activating effect on learning, improve memory and mental performance, increase the resistance of the brain to aggressive environmental influences.” They act as follows.
Actions of nootropics
Nootropic drugs They occupy an important place in the treatment of brain disorders, but the study of their effects on humans is still ongoing. Many funds that can be purchased in our country have not yet received scientific evidence of their effectiveness.
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Thinking is a subtle sphere, the influence on which is quite difficult to assess experimentally. While the effectiveness of nootropics is not objectively proven, the benefits of a healthy lifestyle are obvious!
You can fight age-related brain changes without drugs. The supporter of this approach was academician Vladimir Mikhailovich Bekhterev, world-famous neurologist, psychiatrist, physiologist, founder of the Psychoneurological Institute in St. Petersburg, who devoted his whole life to the study of the human brain.
Advice of Academician Bekhterev
Vladimir Mikhailovich believed that it is impossible to interfere in the work of the “magic temple of human thought” without extreme necessity. But it is possible and necessary to deal with age-related brain changes!
Dear readers, have you tried to improve your mental abilities with the help of nootropics? Share in the comments your method of brain training.
Editorial "Site" He will tell about the research of American doctors, who destroy many myths about the brain of an elderly person. Scientists say that the brain of an elderly person is much more plastic than is commonly believed.
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Dementia is Latin for “madness.” Signs of the disease are diverse, but the “first call” for others is the weakening of memory. Then there is the so-called cognitive deficit: impaired speech, attention, ability to navigate the terrain, deterioration of abstract thinking.
DepositPhotos
Can dementia-induced brain changes be avoided? Turns out you can! And most often in the list of drugs used for this, nootropics are mentioned. From the combination of the words "noos" (mind) and "tropos" (affiliation).
Remember the movie “Darklands” starring Bradley Cooper? In the story, a failed writer begins to take the drug NZT, which accelerates his brain to unprecedented speeds. This completely changes the life of the hero, making him successful and rich. And then he learns about the terrible consequences...
Nootropics are not magic pills from the movie. They help you focus, improve your memory, but they can’t teach you to write brilliant poems or solve differential equations in your mind.
The ancestor of nootropic drugs is Piracetam, invented in the middle of the twentieth century by UCB Pharmaceutical in Belgium. Due to its availability and the absence of side effects, this tool was able to become truly popular.
It is prescribed not only to elderly patients suffering from memory loss and dementia, but also with poor learning ability of children, vegetative-vascular dystonia, alcoholism, traumatic brain injuries.
WHO defines nootropics as means that “have a direct activating effect on learning, improve memory and mental performance, increase the resistance of the brain to aggressive environmental influences.” They act as follows.
Actions of nootropics
- Stimulates cerebral circulation.
- Improve the intake and absorption of glucose (as a result, the brain does not lack energy).
- Prevent hypoxia (oxygen starvation) of the brain.
- Improve the interaction between areas of the brain, accelerate the exchange of information between its hemispheres.
- Stimulate cognitive function, processing and remembering information, affecting the production of certain neurotransmitters (substances with which neurons communicate messages).
Nootropic drugs They occupy an important place in the treatment of brain disorders, but the study of their effects on humans is still ongoing. Many funds that can be purchased in our country have not yet received scientific evidence of their effectiveness.
DepositPhotos
Thinking is a subtle sphere, the influence on which is quite difficult to assess experimentally. While the effectiveness of nootropics is not objectively proven, the benefits of a healthy lifestyle are obvious!
You can fight age-related brain changes without drugs. The supporter of this approach was academician Vladimir Mikhailovich Bekhterev, world-famous neurologist, psychiatrist, physiologist, founder of the Psychoneurological Institute in St. Petersburg, who devoted his whole life to the study of the human brain.
Advice of Academician Bekhterev
Vladimir Mikhailovich believed that it is impossible to interfere in the work of the “magic temple of human thought” without extreme necessity. But it is possible and necessary to deal with age-related brain changes!
- Learn, then the brain will train.
The best training for the brain is to load it with various tasks. After all, when the brain is working, it is actively supplied with blood. Very helps long-term preservation of clear thinking mastering new skills, reading, drawing, counting in the mind.
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Academician Bekhterev He was rather cool about crossword puzzles, but he loved to read and even at the age of sixty he actively studied foreign languages for training.
Regular load causes the brain to keep in tone. To illustrate this idea, the scientist demonstrated two dissected brains: a professor and a cabber. The difference in the development of the vascular mesh was clearly visible. - Move, it'll replace all circulatory medications.
To avoid dizziness and reason was cheerful, you need to walk. Academician advised to walk at least two hours a day. And better in the daytime.
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Bekhterev noted an improvement in the condition of patients two weeks after the start of regular walks. This is a simple advice, but do we always follow it? - Talk to your children and grandchildren, this is the best way to stay young.
The best exercise for the brain Bekhterev called communication with children. With their questions, small whys make an adult think continuously, all the time activating not only different hemispheres, but also various areas of the brain.
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The most important advice of a well-known neurologist: “Rejoice every day and appreciate the pleasant little things.” Smile is the best stimulant of nervous activity!
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Dear readers, have you tried to improve your mental abilities with the help of nootropics? Share in the comments your method of brain training.
Editorial "Site" He will tell about the research of American doctors, who destroy many myths about the brain of an elderly person. Scientists say that the brain of an elderly person is much more plastic than is commonly believed.
As soon as the face loses tone, women begin to use a whole arsenal of tricks and creams. But they don't always help. We have prepared a list of 6 habits that negatively affect your appearance. Say no to them if you dream of smooth and velvety skin without pigmentation, rashes and wrinkles.
