Does stress cause brain aging, dementia, memory loss, Alzheimer's?
March 31st 2010 18:32
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From: Vcstar.com
Camarillo clinical psychologist Priscilla L. Partridge de Garcia, using research that shows the brain can be improved and enhanced as we age, will present “Stress Related Aging of the Brain, Alzheimer’s, Dementia and Memory Loss” on Thursday at the Pierpont Racquet Club in Ventura.
“In the last five to 10 years, the body and brain have become a popular topic,” said Partridge de Garcia, who specializes in treating post-traumatic stress disorder. “In 1996, there was a breakthrough in research showing that right up to the last moment before death we are creating brain cells, negating the belief for the last 30 years that each year as we age, our cells died, never to be re-created.”
Presented by Spa by Diane Loring Inc. as part of an ongoing speaker series, the free presentation is for people of all ages who want to learn how to maintain a healthy brain as well as how to recover brain cells that were lost because of poor nutrition and lack of exercise.
“We now know that with exercise, diet and brain training, we can think and create right up to the end as well as help heal damaged or depleted areas of the brain,” Partridge de Garcia said.
“I have studied aging and the brain throughout my career after getting my doctorate,” she said. “In the last two years, I have been taking continuous courses in this area, plus training in neurofeedback.”
Her interest in the subject developed during the late 1960s when she was studying for her doctorate at USC.
Priscilla L. Partridge de Garcia will present “Stress Related Aging of the Brain, Alzheimer’s, Dementia and Memory Loss” on Thursday at the Pierpont Racquet Club in Ventura.
“My dissertation was on the mind-body connection,” Partridge de Garcia explained. “I realized in my research that in order for people to become mentally healthy, they needed to gain knowledge of their weaknesses as well as have good social support and networking with other humans. My area of study also showed that their mind and body were very connected. What they ate, how they exercised and how they took care of their (bodies) paralleled their thoughts and motives. They needed to work in both areas to get well.”
Topics during her hourlong talk will include the latest research on nutrition and the aging brain; how to increase brainpower; and the difference between the aging brain, dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
“We all want to live longer and have a quality to our lives,” Partridge de Garcia said. “The sooner we begin a regime of introspection of ourselves and our values and lifestyles, the sooner that can begin.”
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