Understanding Neurological Aging
Why Cognitive Decline Happens
Your brain is made of roughly 86 billion neurons, each connecting to thousands of others through structures called synapses. When you learn something, remember something, or think through a problem, information travels across these connections at lightning speed.
With age - especially after 60 - several things start going wrong simultaneously. The connections weaken. The protective coating around nerve fibers (myelin) deteriorates. Inflammation increases. Toxic proteins like amyloid beta and tau accumulate. Blood flow to the brain decreases. Growth factors that keep neurons healthy decline. Your mitochondria - the energy factories inside brain cells - start functioning less efficiently.
"Your brain isn't failing - it's becoming less efficient at maintaining its network."
This is where peptide therapy becomes powerful. Different peptides address different aspects of cognitive decline: some enhance neural growth, some reduce inflammation, some improve blood flow, some protect mitochondria. The result? You can potentially slow, halt, or even reverse some forms of cognitive decline.