To determine the brain health

1. Brain check
Dr. Avinash Chandra,
Annapurna Neurological Institute and Allied Sciences,
Maitighar

2. Brain is Busy!!
Throughout your life, your brain’s job is
to help you make sense of the world and
help oversee your daily operations and
life.
Brain health refers to the ability to
remember, learn, plan, concentrate. It's
being able to draw on the strengths of your
brain—information management, logic,
judgement, perspective and wisdom.
Simply, brain health is all about
making the most of your brain and
helping reduce some risks to it as
you age.

3. Your Brain Is Always Changing !!!

4. • Experiencing the world, practicing
habits and learning new information,
changes our brain, grow new
connections and repair broken ones.
• As we age, our experiences and
knowledge keep our brains working,
developing and learning.
• Not all changes are a sign of concern.
brain plasticity

5. Even though there are rarely any outward signs, brain
volume begins to slightly decline as neurons (the brain
cells) start to shrink. It’s a very slow and gradual
process.
• Certain parts of the brain shrink, especially those
important to learning and other complex mental
activities.
• In certain brain regions, communication between
neurons (nerve cells) can be reduced.
• Blood flow in the brain may also decrease.
• Inflammation, which occurs when the body
responds to an injury or disease, may increase.
Brain change

6. Investigate the
Brain Age!
• With the aging population, prevalence of
neurodegenerative diseases is increasing
• “Brain Age Gap Estimation (BrainAGE)”
• This MRI-based marker is able to predict individual
aberrations in brain maturation and aging as well as the
occurrence of age-related cognitive decline and age-related
neurodegenerative diseases.

7. Find the Covert
Diseases!!!
• Time bomb!
• Timely prevention!!
• Healthy Brain!!!

8. Questions???