TED Health cover image

How menopause affects the brain | Lisa Mosconi

TED Health

00:00

Are Women's Brains More Sensitive to Hormonal Aging Than Just Normal?

Women's brains in mid life are more sensitive to hormonal aging than just straight up chronological. Astrogen literally pushes neurons to burn glucos to make energy. When your estrogen declines though, your neron start slowing down and age faster. Standis ave showin that this process can even lead to the formation of amuloi plax or alcimes plax which are the whole mark of alcimes disease.

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app