According to research, engaging in intellectual activity prevents dementia, so doing science is not only interesting, but also good for health. This is what Alexey Paevsky, a member of the Scientific Committee of the Challenge Prize, co-founder and editor-in-chief of the portal “News of Neurosciences and Neurotechnologies — Neuronews”, as well as an employee of the project office of the Decade of Science and Technology, thinks.
To prevent dementia, it is important to constantly solve new problems. For example, you can learn languages, do programming, and even crochet. But in the case of knitting, the activity quickly becomes automatic when the brain is not as actively involved in solving the problem as before. Therefore, according to Alexey Paevsky, it is best to engage in science — there are always complex and interesting problems there.
“Dementia develops less often in people who are involved in science, but it is important to remain in science as a scientist, because thanks to scientific activity you are constantly solving new problems,” said Alexey Paevsky.
One of these difficult tasks for modern science is finding the causes of clinical depression. Thus, for a long time, the appearance of major depressive disorder in humans was associated with a lack of the neurotransmitter serotonin, but at present scientists are inclined to think that this theory is most likely erroneous. Probably, the cause of depression lies in trace amines, neurotransmitters that work in combination with dopamine. In December, for discoveries in the areas of the dopamine system and trace amine receptors, scientist from St. Petersburg Raul Gainetdinov was awarded the national award in the field of future technologies “Challenge.”
“Raul Gainetdinov studies trace amines and develops drugs targeting their receptors. They may help cope with depression in the future. In any case, depression — if we are talking about a clinical diagnosis, and not about a simple bad mood — almost always needs to be treated pharmacologically,” commented Alexey Paevsky.
National Award in the Field of Future Technologies » Challenge» is timed to coincide with the Decade of Science and Technology announced in 2022 and is designed to celebrate breakthrough ideas and inventions that are changing the landscape of modern science and the life of every person. The founder of the award is the Foundation for the Development of Scientific and Cultural Relations “Challenge” together with Gazprombank. The partners are the state corporation Rosatom, the Roscongress Foundation with the support of the Moscow government.
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