SuperAgers -- who are they, are you one, and can you become one?
KSL NewsRadio , December 02, 2022
What makes a person a “SuperAger“? They are men and women older than 80 with the mental faculties of people decades younger. The term SuperAger was coined by Northwestern SuperAging Research Program, which has been studying the elderly with superior memories for 14 years.
Secrets of 'SuperAgers' who possess brains as sharp as people 20 to 30 years younger
CNN , November 27, 2022
Are you destined to become a 'SuperAger,” with a memory as sharp in your 80s as it was in your 50s? Here’s what science knows about those who keep their ability to remember as they age.
Giant “Super Neurons” Discovered in SuperAger Brains
SciTechDaily , October 02, 2022
Post-mortem brains of SuperAgers reveal significantly larger neurons in memory region. These larger neurons are a biological signature of SuperAging trajectory. They are even larger than those in individuals 20 to 30 years younger and they do not have tau tangles that are a hallmark of Alzheimer’s.
'SuperAgers' have bigger brain cells than the average 80-year-old, study reveals
Study Finds , September 30, 2022
A team from Northwestern University says neurons responsible for memory are larger in "SuperAgers" than in people who are 20 to 30 years younger. They lie in a region known as the entorhinal cortex and could hold the key to preventing Alzheimer’s.
SuperAger brains contain 'super neurons'
Northwestern Now , September 30, 2022
Neurons in an area of the brain responsible for memory — known as the entorhinal cortex — were significantly larger in SuperAgers compared to cognitively average peers, individuals with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease and even individuals 20 to 30 years younger than SuperAgers, who are aged 80 years and older, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.
