Shrinkage of The Brain Can Cause Forgetfulness

[Health Concern] Shrinkage of The Brain Can Cause Forgetfulness. Ability to remember that we have will eventually lose its charge. we are definitely aware of it. One cause of the decrease in our memory is the occurrence of brain shrinkage.

Did you know that the human brain will experience shrinkage with age? It is estimated that, after age 60 years there is shrinkage in the brains of half to one percent annually.

The impact of the apparent effect of this brain shrinkage is to start decreasing memory and forgetfulness or dementia.

"So, do not be surprised if older people are already feeling the often forgotten. It is natural, and is part of aging poses," said Raul Sibarani, nerve specialist knowledge of dementia in a seminar on MRCCC Siloam, Jakarta, Saturday (14 / 5 / 2011).

According to Raul, the earlier part of the brain shrinkage is the hippocampus. Part of this role is to record brain stimuli from the outside to get in or recorded in the brain.

Hippocampus is part of the limbic system and play a role in activity recall (memory) and the navigation room. The term hippocampus is derived from its shape on coronal pieces that resemble sea horse.

In patients with Alzheimer's dementia, said Raul, hippocampus became the first part of the brain were damaged. In people with Alzheimer's, the process of development of damage to brain cells in the hippocampus is not a normal part of aging.

"The difficulty remembering and loss of orientation into the main symptom," he explained.

In addition to its damage to the hippocampus, Alzheimer's dementia can also be caused disruption of nerve cells called synapses. Synapse is the connection between nerve cells with each other, or nerve cell communication with each other.

Raul explained, someone who is good nerve cells, but if sinapsnya disturbed, it will automatically also disturbed thinking processes. "So it really Alzheimer's dementia, which is disturbed that one nerve cell to another," he explained.

In patients with Alzheimer's disease, synapse damage caused by an enzyme that causes the buildup of plaques in the brain. "Do not be surprised if the autopsied brains of Alzheimer's, was opened there were plaques, like the items. That suggests there is damage," he concluded.

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reference : health.kompas.com