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This week on Tuesday at The Canal House Nottingham

Brainergetics

What happens to us as we grow older? At some point do our bodies just run out of energy? Our research is looking at this question. We are comparing the energy producing parts of the brain ‘the mitochondria’ from healthy young and old and diseases connected with advanced age. To help us understand how we might extend the energetic lifespan of our brains we are examining Pipistrelle bat mitochondria. Bats live far longer than their body size and metabolic rate predict, they are ‘exceptionally long-lived’ mammals. Our ultimate aim is to keep the brain running on full batteries until the end.
 LisaChakrabarti

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