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Lisa Mosconi, PhD, is a neuroscientist and director of the Women’s Brain Initiative and the Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic at Weill Cornell Medical College. Her research focuses on how genetics, hormones, and lifestyle influence brain health and aging, particularly in women.
Known for: Brain Food: The Surprising Science of Eating for Cognitive Power, The XX Brain: The Groundbreaking Science Empowering Women to Maximize Cognitive Health and Prevent Alzheimer's Disease
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Brain Food: The Surprising Science of Eating for Cognitive Power
In this book, neuroscientist and nutrition expert Dr. Lisa Mosconi explores the connection between diet and brain health. She explains how specific foods can enhance memory, prevent cognitive decline,...
The XX Brain: The Groundbreaking Science Empowering Women to Maximize Cognitive Health and Prevent Alzheimer's Disease
In The XX Brain, neuroscientist Lisa Mosconi explores how women’s brains age differently from men’s and how hormonal changes, particularly during menopause, affect cognitive health. Drawing on cutting...
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The Brain’s Nutritional Needs
To truly appreciate how diet shapes cognition, we must recognize the brain’s exceptional needs. Unlike other organs, the brain operates as an energy-intensive powerhouse — consuming about twenty percent of all calories despite weighing only two percent of body mass. But what matters most is not quan...
From Brain Food: The Surprising Science of Eating for Cognitive Power
Brain Anatomy and Metabolism
Our brain’s structure dictates how it consumes nutrients. The frontal cortex thrives on glucose efficiency, driving focus and decision-making. The hippocampus, our memory hub, protects itself with antioxidant defense to ward off oxidative stress. The neuronal membranes — delicate bilayers of lipid —...
From Brain Food: The Surprising Science of Eating for Cognitive Power
The Science of Sex Differences in the Brain
Let’s begin with the foundation: biological sex undeniably shapes brain architecture and function. Decades of neuroimaging and molecular research show that women’s brains are not simply smaller replicas of men’s but have distinct metabolic patterns, connectivity hubs, and neurotransmitter balances. ...
From The XX Brain: The Groundbreaking Science Empowering Women to Maximize Cognitive Health and Prevent Alzheimer's Disease
Estrogen and the Female Brain’s Lifelong Dialogue
If estrogen were a fuel, it would be the premium grade powering the female brain’s efficiency. My research using PET scans and MRI imaging demonstrates that estrogen stimulates brain glucose uptake—a direct measure of mental vitality. During a woman’s reproductive years, estrogen continually nourish...
From The XX Brain: The Groundbreaking Science Empowering Women to Maximize Cognitive Health and Prevent Alzheimer's Disease
About Lisa Mosconi
Lisa Mosconi, PhD, is a neuroscientist and director of the Women’s Brain Initiative and the Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic at Weill Cornell Medical College. Her research focuses on how genetics, hormones, and lifestyle influence brain health and aging, particularly in women.
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