Neurobiology

A recent study published in Stroke found that shorter leukocyte telomere length (LTL) is linked to an increased risk of stroke, dementia, and late-life depression. Researchers analyzed data from over 356,000 UK Biobank participants and observed that individuals with the shortest LTL had an 8% higher risk of stroke, a...

Authors: Yuan Yao, Maria Luz Fernandez Published: 01/27/2017, EC Nutrition Abstract The telomere activator-65 (TA-65), extracted from the Chinese herb Radis astragali, has been shown to have protective effects against a number of chronic conditions including insulin resistance, neural depression, cardiovascular disease and age-related macular degeneration among others. Telomeres are protective nucleotide repeats...