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As people get older, a part of the brain called the dentate gyrus tends to lose blood flow and gets worse at helping us tell similar memories apart—like remembering where you parked today versus yesterday—and this is different from what happens in Alzheimer’s disease, which starts in a different brain area.
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Enhancing dentate gyrus function with dietary flavanols improves cognition in older adults
Randomized Controlled Trial
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2014 DecThis study found that giving older adults a special cocoa drink improved their memory by boosting a brain area called the dentate gyrus, which gets weaker as we age — supporting the idea that this brain region is key to normal memory decline, not Alzheimer’s.
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