{"id":2241,"date":"2010-11-29T12:59:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-29T12:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.willclower.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/got-brain-cells-here-is-how-to-grow-new-ones.html"},"modified":"2016-09-21T09:19:28","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T13:19:28","slug":"got-brain-cells-here-is-how-to-grow-new-ones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=2241","title":{"rendered":"Got Brain Cells? Here is How To Grow New Ones"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_HAl9r2q_-j0\/TPOd8yoK_lI\/AAAAAAAACzA\/7WtYPA8j0fQ\/s1600\/BrainPower.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-opt-id=670243937  fetchpriority=\"high\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_HAl9r2q_-j0\/TPOd8yoK_lI\/AAAAAAAACzA\/7WtYPA8j0fQ\/s320\/BrainPower.jpg?resize=320%2C320\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a>When I was growing up as a wee neuroscientist, I was told that we could not grow any new brain cells.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">So, when you go on a bender and wake up to feel like a jack-hammer is lodged in your head because of all the neurons you pummeled the night before, you were just out of luck!&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><i>(<\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.addthis.com\/bookmark.php?v=250&amp;pub=willclower\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-opt-id=1342684942  fetchpriority=\"high\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Bookmark and Share\" height=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/mlcmmqmgggev.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s7.addthis.com\/static\/btn\/v2\/lg-share-en.gif?resize=125%2C16\" style=\"border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; cursor: move;\" width=\"125\" \/><\/a><i>Please share this article with someone that you think could use a few more brain cells.)<\/i>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<p>Well, I spoke to a research scientist who has data showing how to pump up your gray matter and actually create new cells and connections up there.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/recordings.talkshoe.com\/TC-139\/TS-422560.mp3\">This is my interview with Dr Kirk Erikson of the Univ Pittsburgh.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.willclower.com\/\"> Click here to visit Will Clower&#8217;s website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I was growing up as a wee neuroscientist, I was told that we could not grow any new brain cells.&nbsp; So, when you go on a bender and wake &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"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":[494],"tags":[279,345],"class_list":["post-2241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-activity","tag-brain"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7Qv5g-A9","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10365,"url":"https:\/\/www.mymedwellness.com\/blog\/?p=10365","url_meta":{"origin":2241,"position":0},"title":"Chemists Find Breakthrough Treatment for Alzheimer\u2019s and Parkinson\u2019s That Protects Brain Cells From Amyloid Plaque","author":"Will Clower","date":"July 21, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Alzheimer\u2019s and Parkinson\u2019s are diseases of the brain in which gradual degeneration of neurons leads to loss of speech, memory, and thinking. 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