{"id":7464,"date":"2025-10-26T11:57:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-26T11:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=7464"},"modified":"2025-10-26T11:57:41","modified_gmt":"2025-10-26T11:57:41","slug":"mens-brains-shrink-faster-with-age-than-womens-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=7464","title":{"rendered":"Men\u2019s Brains Shrink Faster With Age Than Women\u2019s, Study Finds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>While men are often more prone to life-threatening cardiovascular diseases, women tend to face higher rates of cognitive decline, particularly from Alzheimer\u2019s disease. However, a new scientific study has revealed a surprising contrast: as humans age, <strong>men\u2019s brains shrink more rapidly than women\u2019s<\/strong>, even though <strong>Alzheimer\u2019s disproportionately affects women.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Findings<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Researchers discovered that aging affects the male and female brains differently. Using advanced MRI imaging and long-term health data, the study found that men experience <strong>a faster reduction in overall brain volume and grey matter density<\/strong> compared to women of the same age group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This shrinkage begins subtly around midlife but accelerates significantly after age 60. The areas most affected in men include those responsible for <strong>memory, decision-making, and emotional regulation<\/strong> \u2014 the same regions impacted by neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite this, women remain <strong>twice as likely as men<\/strong> to develop Alzheimer\u2019s disease globally. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), about <strong>57 million people<\/strong> were living with dementia in 2021, with nearly <strong>10 million new cases emerging each year.<\/strong> Two-thirds of these cases are diagnosed in women.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While men are often more prone to life-threatening cardiovascular diseases, women tend to face higher rates of cognitive decline, particularly from Alzheimer\u2019s disease. However, a new scientific study has revealed a surprising contrast: as humans age, men\u2019s brains shrink more rapidly than women\u2019s, even though Alzheimer\u2019s disproportionately affects women. The Findings Researchers discovered that aging [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7465,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"no","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_3859443944190656_828796993651875":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[{"account":"facebook_3859443944190656_828796993651875","service":"facebook","timestamp":1761479875,"status":"success"}],"rop_publish_now_status":"done","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7464","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7464"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7466,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7464\/revisions\/7466"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}