University of Newcastle Centre for Brain Ageing & Vitality supported by BBSRC, EPSRC, ESRC and MRC

在英国，人口的年龄发生了重大变化——我们都活得更长了。不幸的是，老年常与健康状况不佳联系在一起。我们仍然不明白为什么会这样。我们想要了解的是为什么大脑会衰老，以及运动和饮食如何有助于大脑和身体的健康衰老。随着年龄的增长，我们经常担心的是患上痴呆症、帕金森病或其他与年龄有关的疾病。虽然这些疾病也可能侵袭相对年轻的人群，但大多数患者都是老年人。是什么让我们的大脑随着年龄的增长而更容易患上这些疾病？许多不同的研究表明，运动对我们有好处，但随着年龄的增长，这一点尤其正确。知道我们应该做多少运动来保持我们的肌肉强壮，并确保我们随着年龄的增长而保持运动是非常重要的。不同的饮食也有类似的发现，有些饮食似乎比其他饮食更健康——但最重要的成分是什么？纽卡斯尔新成立的MRC大脑老化和活力中心将尝试回答这些关于我们衰老的大脑和生活方式的问题。

In the UK there is a major change in the age of the population - we are all living much longer. Unfortunately old age is often associated with poor health. We still do not understand why this. What we want to understand is why the brain ages and how exercise and diet are helpful to healthy ageing of the brain and body. As we get older the thing we often fear is getting dementia, Parkinson’s disease or other age related diseases. Whilst these diseases can also strike relatively young people, the majority of people with these diseases are elderly. What is it about our brains as they age that means that we are at much greater risk of these diseases? Lots of different work has shown that exercise is good for us, but this is particularly true the older we get. It is really important to know how much exercise we should take to keep our muscles strong and make sure we keep mobile as we get older. There are similar findings with different diets, some seem to be much healthier than others – but what are the most important ingredients?The new MRC Centre for Brain Ageing and Vitality in Newcastle is going to try and answer these questions about our ageing brain and our lifestyle.