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Saturday, October 6, 2012

Fountain of youth in bees, acting younger


By switching back to the more social, less active jobs of their youth, some honeybees regained the ability to learn quickly.

The change boosted levels of brain-protecting proteins in some bees.

The research suggests aging may be reversible in human brains, too.

Research shows when older bees assume more social roles, they regained the ability to learn new things.  

Getting out of a solitary rut and socializing like a more youthful version of yourself might be enough to reverse the aging process in your brain at least, if you're a bee.

When older honeybees in a new study were coaxed from their role as independent foragers to resume nursing the hive's larvae a more social job usually done by younger bees, they regained a lost ability to learn new things. 

Taking on their younger jobs also boosted levels of two proteins that protect the brain from dementia and stress-related damage.

People are not bees, but the new findings fall in line with growing evidence that the size of our social networks, along with other lifestyle factors, can influence how we age.

The proteins implicated in the new study also appear in human brains, opening up the possibility that, like bees, changing our behavior could help us avoid some of the brain-centered pitfalls of aging.

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