Affiliation:
1. West Delhi Psychiatry Centre, India
2. Amity University, India
Abstract
This chapter describes how an individual progresses towards aging, several age-related cognitive declines are becoming an ever-increasing problem. Ageing causes changes to brain size, vasculature, and cognition. Protective factors that reduce cardiovascular risk, namely regular exercise, a healthy diet, and low to moderate alcohol intake, seem to aid the ageing brain as does increase cognitive effort in the form of education or occupational attainment. A healthy life both physically and mentally may be the best defense against the changes of an ageing brain. This chapter aims to characterize changes in brain structure with aging, and to investigate relationships between brain aging and cognitive decline. Along with these it will make and attempt to identify possible management, treatment and preventive measures for managing cognitive impairment in brain ageing and promoting cognitive reserve for healthy brain ageing.