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Quick-witted octogenarians 'have unusual brains'

telegraph.co.uk — People who manage to stay razor sharp well into old age have brains that 'protect' them from dementia, scientists have discovered. hey owe their quick wits to a lack of fibrous tangles which normally make an appearance in the brain late in life. The accumulating protein tangles, known as "tau", are thought to kill neurons, leading to poor memory.

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  • jecruzs, on 11/17/2008, -7/+11A front page story with no comments? That's a bit odd.
    • Cglass, on 11/17/2008, -1/+1Lemme get a Hey Owe, Hey oooooooweeeee

      ;D
  • mcsenget, on 11/17/2008, -10/+4not anymore jecruzs!
  • bilhaz, on 11/17/2008, -8/+1Wow. I'm gonna stop eating meat too. Oh wait.....Octogenarians? That means they eat 8 meats right?
    • luet, on 11/17/2008, -1/+2That was clever, you're definitely the type of person this article is talking about.
  • Coolkid11, on 11/17/2008, -11/+2Bury me with my money.
  • VodkanLemons, on 11/17/2008, -4/+22by the time I'm old I should be able to upgrade my brain's RAM
  • TMTurtle, on 11/17/2008, -11/+1I lack a clever comment, but I'm going to spam anyway.
  • plavchan, on 11/17/2008, -9/+1I forgot what I was going to say here.
  • oveedrx, on 11/17/2008, -10/+1insert witty comment
  • Ghoztt, on 11/17/2008, -4/+1Or cognitive performance, exercise & a healthy diet protect against tau tangles.

    *tau tangles... makes me think of some wacky out of place W40K units.... sigh.....
  • nwoantibody, on 11/17/2008, -3/+1we already knew that alzheimer had neurofibrillary tangles in their hippocampus (short memory area)
  • Skab, on 11/17/2008, -9/+6***** THE RIAA! ***** wrong story..
  • theGOG, on 11/17/2008, -7/+2You could always buy a dog.
  • Julian88888888, on 11/17/2008, -8/+1WHAT?! WHERE AM I¡¿
    STOP LAUGHING AT ME!
  • SpeedSteamBoat, on 11/17/2008, -6/+3What a hit piece! Tau tangles are for the greater good!
  • ligyron, on 11/17/2008, -2/+15Digg is turning into YouTube...Jesus you people are stupid
  • RadiatedAnt, on 11/17/2008, -3/+6these comments make me wish I had more tau in my tangles
  • okyourturn, on 11/17/2008, -5/+3does anyone think it would be fun to make up a fake research article with an amazing medical discovery and you could just use generic medical terminology and made up words that sounds similar to "fibrous tangles." there are so many ***** options! i wonder how many people would think it was real.
  • mjgardner, on 11/17/2008, -3/+2We just celebrated my grandmother's 80th birthday, and she's about as quick as they come.
  • rockon4life45, on 11/17/2008, -4/+2dugg for use of octogenarian
  • Phoenix462, on 11/17/2008, -1/+13And you picked a guitar as the picture why?
  • aladnam, on 11/17/2008, -7/+1I'M AN 88 YEAR OLD WOMAN AT THE HEIGHT OF MY INTELLIGENCE AN SO IS MY 92 YEAR OLD HUSBAND OF 65 YEARS. I DEPLORE THE PREJUDICE , "AGE-ISM", AS MUCH AS ANY BIGOTRY YOU COULD NAME.

  • MidnightRIder77, on 11/17/2008, -2/+2What does this have to do with a man playing a Les Paul?
  • teamedge07, on 11/17/2008, -2/+1Don Rickles must be a genius then!!!!
  • dietfacts, on 11/17/2008, -0/+1Yep. Les Paul is in his nineties and still puts on 2 shows a day at his club in NYC.
  • yerlordnsaveyer, on 11/19/2008, -0/+1If you don't use it, you lose it!
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