Arizona Bee Study Reveals Link to Dementia in Humans

摘要

SCIENTISTS at Arizona State University have discovered that older honeybees effectively reverse brain ageing when they take on nest responsibilities typically handled by much younger bees. While current research on human age-related dementia focuses on potential new drug treatments, researchers say these findings suggest that social interventions may be used to slow or treat age-related dementia. In a study published in the scientific journal Experimental Gerontology, a team of scientists from ASU and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences presented findings that show that tricking older, foraging bees into doing social tasks, inside the nest, causes changes in the molecular structure of their brains.