Miguel Toribio-Mateas, MSc
From Neuroprotection to Neuroregeneration: Exploring the Therapeutic Roles of Nutraceuticals in the Aging Brain”
Increases in the average human lifespan has furthered the interest in studying the multifactorial process of ageing, which is currently seen an an unraveling web of complex interactions between genetic and epigenetic or environmental factors. Amongst these diet and lifestyle seem to play an important protective role in the loss of cellular homeostasis brought bout by increased exposure to free radicals, from both reactive oxygen or nitrogen species, that leads to oxidative deterioration of lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids, contributing to the modulation of cell apoptotisis signalling pathways that eventually translates into loss of organ function. Whilst the ageing process deteriorates the functional capacity of all organs, Miguel’s talk will focus on the phenotypic characteristics observed in the ageing brain, and particularly on the potentially neuroprotective and neuroregenerative effects of nutraceuticals, from vitamins to minerals and phytochemicals, on upregulated inflammatory and immune processes that underline the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases. To read more, visit the newsletter.
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