HISTNEUR-L: The History of Neuroscience Internet Forum

brain shrinkage

• Date:   Sun, 27 Jan 2002 11:38:26 -0800
• To:   histneur-l@library.ucla.edu
• From:   John B. West <jwest@ucsd.edu>
• Subject:   brain shrinkage
• Message-ID:   5.0.0.25.2.20020127112745.01c69d00@popmail.ucsd.edu

A correspondent suggests that men in their 50s and 60s do well at high 
altitude because their brains have shrunk a bit and they can therefore 
tolerate a small amount of cerebral edema.  Sounds unlikely.  However can 
someone point me to data on brain shrinkage in the 50s and 60s?

John West