Factors known to reduce brain size at birth are also involved in the degenerating brain in old age or Alzheimer's disease

Negation: Factors known to reduce brain size at birth are not involved in the degenerating brain in old age or Alzheimer's disease 0 0 0

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Argument #4e9e6968 1 0 2

If it is true that...

Inflammation and blood clots may be factors in the aging brain 1 0 2

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Bleeding with vascular spasm is sometimes a contributing factor to brain damage in both the old and the fetal brain 1 0 2

Then it must be true that...

Factors known to reduce brain size at birth are also involved in the degenerating brain in old age or Alzheimer's disease 1 0 2

Argument #8115fd20 1 0 2

If it is true that...

Endotoxemia may be a factor in nerve degeneration only during adult life, but it is sometimes present during pregnancy 1 0 2

Then it must be true that...

Factors known to reduce brain size at birth are also involved in the degenerating brain in old age or Alzheimer's disease 1 0 2

Argument #e186c611 1 0 2

If it is true that...

In old age, the number of cells in the brain keeps increasing with age 1 0 2

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In the aged brain, glial cells multiply while neurons die 1 0 2

Then it must be true that...

Factors known to reduce brain size at birth are also involved in the degenerating brain in old age or Alzheimer's disease 1 0 2

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Argument #fa30ec86 1 0 2

If it is true that...

Factors known to reduce brain size at birth are also involved in the degenerating brain in old age or Alzheimer's disease 1 0 2

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The same things that injure the brain of a fetus also injure the brain of an aging person 1 0 2

Then it must be true that...

All factors that affect the brain of a fetus should be examined in relation to the aging brain 1 0 2

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Ray Peat/The problem of Alzheimer's disease as a clue to immortality

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In old age, the number of cells in the brain keeps increasing with age 1 0 2 In the aged brain, glial cells multiply while neurons die 1 0 2 Alzheimer's disease is analogous to the situation confronted by the developing chicken embryo or the rat or human fetus, when the environment is unable to meet the needs of highly energetic, demanding and sensitive brain cells 1 0 2 The structure of the brain goes into an "entropic" deterioration during the process of aging 1 0 2 All factors that affect the brain of a fetus should be examined in relation to the aging brain 1 0 2 Exposure to estrogen in middle-age increases the risk of Alzheimer's disease in old age 1 0 2 Even medical progestogens offer some protection against Alzheimer's disease 1 0 2 Structural similarities seen in senile dementia have caused the term Alzheimer's disease to lose its original meaning 1 0 1 Alzheimer-type dementia is different from other dementias, but it overlaps with them, and with age-related and stress-related changes in other organs 1 0 2 Increased cortisol and DHEA are associated with Alzheimer's disease 1 0 1