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Innovation in Aging - Winter 2010 Issue
 

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Fall issue cover - Brain image
Fall 2010

THE AMAZING PLASTIC BRAIN
AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR AGING WELL
Thanks to neuroplasticity, the human brain is capable of rewiring and reorganizing itself to adapt to, and compensate for, the effects of aging and injury.







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Spring issue cover - Dr. Tomas Paus
SPRING 2010

TORONTO AN IDEAL LAB
FOR NEUROSCIENTIST TOMÁŠ PAUS
In the new body and brain research centre at Baycrest, noted population neuroscientist Tomáš Paus will investigate how our genetic traits combined with environmental factors — what we eat, how we manage stress, our physical activity, and so on — influence whether or not we develop diseases such as depression, obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure.


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