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The Neuro-Network.

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𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙣𝙚𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙏𝙤𝙣𝙮 𝙒𝙮𝙨𝙨-𝘾𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙮, 𝙋𝙝𝘿, 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙩 20 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙫𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙪… See more.

Stanford neuroscientist Tony Wyss-Coray has spent 20 years unearthing and examining various molecules with neuroprotective and neurodegenerative properties.

Stanford neuroscientist Tony Wyss-Coray, PhD, has spent 20 years discovering and investigating various molecules with neuroprotective and neurodegenerative properties. These molecules are found in or on different cell types in the brain and on the blood vessels abutting it or floating in the blood and the cerebrospinal fluid that bathes it. As we age they become increasingly important.

Wyss-Coray and his colleagues have discovered substances in blood that can accelerate or slow down the brain-aging clock. They’ve identified proteins on blood-vessel surfaces through which some of these molecules can act on the brain, despite the existence of the blood-brain barrier. He’s even shown that older mice look and act younger after receiving young mouse cerebrospinal fluid.