Tag: neuroplasticity

How the Brain Can Stay ‘Young’

Do we really lose thousands of brain cells every day in older age? Answer: For years, experts believed that, unlike many other cells in the body, neurons did not regenerate. They thought that the brain produced new brain cells only early in life and that once you reached adulthood, the growth of new neurons ceased…


Can Neuroplasticity Ease Long COVID Symptoms?

Neuroplasticity—that superpower our brains have to rewire themselves and function in new ways—has helped people treat everything from anxiety to chronic pain. Now, it’s gaining traction among patients with long COVID who live with the signature symptom of brain fog. Neuroplasticity gives us an ability to replace old negative neural pathways with new positive ones. It…