The Aging Brain
Offered By: The Great Courses Plus
Course Description
Overview
A neuroscientist and award-winning professor takes you down to the molecular level of the brain to show you what you can do to prolong your health and keep your mind sharp.
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: The Aging Mind: What Changes?
- 02: Why Don't We Live Forever?
- 03: Is Aging a Disease?
- 04: Aging and Brain Structure
- 05: Aging and Brain Function
- 06: Emotional Aging
- 07: Strategies for an Aging Memory
- 08: Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease
- 09: Parkinson's Disease and Stroke
- 10: Aging Well: Staying Active
- 11: Aging Well: Diet and Stress
- 12: The Science of Immortality
Taught by
Thad A. Polk
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