Oklahoma researchers test if Vitamin B supplement can prevent cognitive declines

Oklahoma researchers test if Vitamin B supplement can prevent cognitive declines

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TRIAL, AND HOW YOU CAN PARTICIPATE. COULD TAKING A DAILY VITAMIN HELP IMPROVE YOUR MEMORY? RESEARCHERS AT THE OU COLLEGE OF MEDICINE ARE BETTING. YES. OUR THEORY IS THAT THE SUPPLEMENT THAT WE ARE TESTING IMPROVES THE BLOOD FLOW IN THE BRAIN. A CLINICAL TRIAL AT THE TRANSLATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE LAB IS TESTING HOW BLOOD FLOW

IMPACTS MEMORY IN OLDER OKLAHOMANS AND IF ADDING A VITAMIN B SUPPLEMENT COULD HELP. PARTICIPANTS ARE GIVEN A PLACEBO OR THE REAL THING, AND OVER A TWO MONTH SPAN, RESEARCHERS WILL TEST IF THE VITAMIN IMPROVES THEIR MEMORY OR THROUGH BRAIN GAMES. THIS IS HOW IT WORKS. PARTICIPANTS WERE SOMETHING

SIMILAR TO A SWIM CAP WHILE THEY PLAY A COMPUTER GAME, TESTING HOW WELL THEY REMEMBER SEQUENCES OF NUMBERS OR LETTERS. BUT THE LEVELS GET HARDER THE MORE DIFFICULT IT IS THAT THEY HAVE TO CLICK WITH THE LEFT MOUSE BUTTON. IF THE LETTER IS THE SAME, WHAT WAS SHOWN TWO LETTERS BACK.

THIS IS JUST PUTTING SOME SPECIAL CAPS MEASURING HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH, HOW BLOOD FLOW CHANGES WHILE PERSON IS DOING THESE GAMES, THESE MEMORY GAMES. THEIR RESEARCH SHOWS A LOSS OF MEMORY CORRELATES TO A DIMINISHED BLOOD FLOW TO T THE BRAIN. AND THE VITAMIN HELPS RESTORE THAT BLOOD FLOW.

RESEARCHERS ARE HOPING THIS IS A BREAKTHROUGH TO DELAY OR EVEN PREVENT COGNITIVE PROBLEMS. ANYONE. 60 TO 85 IS WELCOME TO APPLY.