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Study finds mushrooms magnify memory by boosting nerve growth

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Re: Study finds mushrooms magnify memory by boosting nerve growth

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Post by Pxtl »

SkyMarshal wrote: post #18
Anon4Now wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If only I were a mouse. With all the research papers I've seen on HN over the years, I'm pretty sure I could live to be 200.

Survivor bias. I suspect there’s like a 100:1 ratio of dead laboratory mice to 200yr old mice.

I think 100:1 ratio for "long and happy life" among lab mice would be hilariously optimistic.

Because of their speed of reproduction, their lack of reusability, and the fact that in order to cure diseases you first have to inflict them, lab mice are basically in a constant state of massacre.

They're not even livestock. They're more on the tier of stationery.

Re: Study finds mushrooms magnify memory by boosting nerve growth

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Post by aliasxneo »

I drink a coffee alternative that happens to have Lion's Mane in it. Can't really be objective on if it has really made a difference in my memory since that's not the reason I primarily bought it (it was to get off coffee which is negatively impacting me).

Re: Study finds mushrooms magnify memory by boosting nerve growth

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Post by rubicon33 »

aliasxneo wrote: post #22

I drink a coffee alternative that happens to have Lion's Mane in it. Can't really be objective on if it has really made a difference in my memory since that's not the reason I primarily bought it (it was to get off coffee which is negatively impacting me).

Hey there, mind sharing the product? Sounds interesting!

Re: Study finds mushrooms magnify memory by boosting nerve growth

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Post by _Adam »

Key point I think should be more prominent:

The effect was on cultured brain cells. The reason brain tumors and other disorders of the brain are so hard to treat is that the blood-brain barrier keeps many big molecules out. That doesn't mean the molecule isn't therapeutically relevant, only that there's a ways to go to making it useful for actual humans/mice and not just cells in a petri dish.

Still a fascinating discovery and I look forward to more research.

Edit: Not totally true, the actual study link has more details.

>We further found that dietary supplementation with H. erinaceus crude extract significantly enhanced recognition memory.

The human BBB may still be an obstacle but I'm sure we'll see more studies soon.

Re: Study finds mushrooms magnify memory by boosting nerve growth

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Post by wyldfire »

orgels_revenge wrote: post #11
apsec112 wrote: post #8

IN MICE https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jnc.15767

Thank god we have these close relatives to experiment on!

Who's experimenting on whom? They're working on the Ultimate Question as we speak.

Re: Study finds mushrooms magnify memory by boosting nerve growth

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Post by KennyBlanken »

orgels_revenge wrote: post #11
apsec112 wrote: post #8

IN MICE https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jnc.15767

Thank god we have these close relatives to experiment on!

They're used for research precisely because they have a great deal of similarities to humans. Also:

- they have a short gestation period and produce lots of young making it easy to breed them

- their opex is low

- they're easy and relatively safe to handle

- they're well understood

- there are numerous genetically engineered variants are available

Re: Study finds mushrooms magnify memory by boosting nerve growth

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Post by TedDoesntTalk »

rubicon33 wrote: post #24
aliasxneo wrote: post #22

I drink a coffee alternative that happens to have Lion's Mane in it. Can't really be objective on if it has really made a difference in my memory since that's not the reason I primarily bought it (it was to get off coffee which is negatively impacting me).

Hey there, mind sharing the product? Sounds interesting!

I add Laird Performance Mushroom powder to my coffee… when I can remember. Unfortunately it’s not cheap. I leaned about it from Dr Rhonda Patrick

https://lairdsuperfood.com/products/performance-mushrooms?va...

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