Scientists have found which component of red wine slows brain aging
MOSCOW, 8 Mar — RIA Novosti. Substance contained in red wine, is able to exert a beneficial effect on the brain, slowing its aging, say researchers from the Polytechnic University of Virginia.
How did you find the researchers, the resveratrol substance contained in, for example, in the skins of grapes — protects from the destruction of synapses, which transmit signals from the brain to the muscles. The same effect on the brain have physical exercise and restricted diets. Resveratrol is found in wine, and red wine-a larger share than in white.
Mice whose diet from one year of age, scientists have included resveratrol, a year had healthier neuromuscular junction than their conventional counterparts. “I think we’re getting closer to understanding the mechanisms of age-related degradation of neuronal circuits”, — quotes the edition of the Independent words of one of the authors of the study associate Gregorio Valdez.
However, bad news for wine lovers is that the content of resveratrol is sufficient to achieve a positive effect. “People in my life can not drink so much wine that his brain was subjected to the same effects as the brain of experimental mice,” says Valdes.
The results of the study were published in the scientific journal The Journals of Gerontology, Series A. the Next step, according to the researchers, would be to attempt to figure out what is the mechanism of beneficial effects of resveratrol on brain cells.