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5.
Alvaro Pascual-Leone et al., “The Plastic Human Brain Cortex,”
Annual Review of Neuroscience
28 (July 2005): 377–401.

6.
Dispenza,
Evolve Your Brain,
193.

7.
See Begley,
Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain,
152.

8.
Jeffrey M. Schwartz and Sharon Begley,
The Mind and
the Brain: Neuroplasticity and the Power of Mental Force
(New York: HarperCollins, 2003), 17–18.

9.
Andrew Newberg and Mark Robert Waldman,
How God
Changes Your Brain: Breakthrough Findings from a Leading
Neuroscientist
(New York: Ballantine Books, 2009), 19–20.

10.
Ibid., 124.

Chapter 8: Neurogenesis: Growing New Brain Cells

1.
Begley,
Train Your Mind, Change Your Brain,
65.

2.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama, “Foreword,” ibid., vii–viii.

3.
Nicola Lautenschlager et al., “Effect of Physical Activity on Cognitive Function in Older Adults at Risk for Alzheimer’s Disease,”
Journal of the American Medical Association
300, no. 9 (September 3, 2008): 1027–37.

4.
Jennifer Weuve et al., “Physical Activity, Including Walking, and Cognitive Function in Older Women,”
Journal of
the American Medical Association
292, no. 12 (September 22, 2004): 1454–61.

5.
A. V. Witte et al., “Caloric Restriction Improves Memory in Elderly Humans,”
Proceedings of the National Academy of
Science
106, no. 4 (January 27, 2009): 1255–60.

6.
Mark P. Mattson et al., “Prophylactic Activation of Neuroprotective Stress Response Pathways by Dietary and Behavioral Manipulations,”
NeuroRx
1, no. 1 (January 2004): 112.

7.
Ibid., 113.

8.
Yakir Kaufman et al., “Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer Disease: Impact of Spirituality, Religiosity, and QOL,”
Neurology
68 (May 2007): 1509–14.

9.
Karin Yurko-Mauro et al., “Results of the MIDAS Trial: Effects of Docosahexaenoic Acid on Physiological and Safety Parameters in Age-Related Cognitive Decline,”
Alzheimer’s &
Dementia
5, issue 4 (July 2009): 84.

Chapter 9: Three Conditions You Don’t Want to Have

1.
William R. Markesbery and Mark A. Lovell, “Damage to Lipids, Proteins, DNA, and RNA in Mild Cognitive Impairment,”
Archives of Neurology
64, no. 7 (July 2007): 954–56.

2.
Ibid., 955.

3.
Ling Gao et al., “Novel
n
-3 Fatty Acid Oxidation Products Activate Nrf2 by Destabilizing the Association between Keap1 and Cullin3,”
Journal of Biological Chemistry
282 (January 26, 2007): 2536.

4.
M.R. Vargas et al., “Increased Glutathione Biosynthesis by Nrf2 Activation in Astrocytes Prevents p75NTR-dependent Motor Neuron Apoptosis,”
Journal of Neurochemistry
97, no. 3 (May 2006): 687–96.

5.
Walter F. Stewart et al., “Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease and Duration of NSAID Use,”
Neurology
48 (March 1997): 626–32; Honglei Chen et al., “Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs and the Risk of Parkinson’s Disease,”
Archives of Neurology
60, no. 8 (August 2003): 1059–64.

6.
A. Cagnin et al., “In-Vivo Measurement of Activated Microglia in Dementia,”
Lancet
358 (August 11, 2001): 461–67.

7.
Narayanan Venkatesan et al., “Curcumin Prevents Adriamycin Nephrotoxicity in Rats,”
British Journal of Phramacology
129, no. 2 (January 2000): 231–34.

8.
T. L. Perry et al., “Parkinson’s Disease: A Disorder Due to Nigral Glutathione Deficiency?”
Neuroscience Letters
33, no. 3 (December 1982): 305–10.

9.
D. Perlmutter and D. Townsend, “Parkinson’s Disease: New Perspectives,”
Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients
(January 1997): 48–50.

Chapter 10: Cutting-Edge Therapies for Enhanced
Energy Production

1.
Personal communication, Dr. Richard Neubauer, December 20, 2006.

2.
Glutathione available from Wellness Pharmacy, 3401 Independence Drive, Suite 231, Birmingham, AL 35209; (800) 227-2627

3.
G. Sechi et al., “Reduced Intravenous Glutathione in the Treatment of Early Parkinson’s Disease,”
Progress in
Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry
20, no. 7 (October 1996): 1159–70.

4.
Christopher A, Shaw (ed.),
Glutathione in the Nervous System
(Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 1998), 4
.

5.
L. Ye et al., “Quantitative Determination of Dithiocarbamates in Human Plasma, Serum, Erythrocytes and Urine: Pharmacokinetics of Broccoli Sprout Isothiocyanates in Humans,”
International Journal of Clinical Chemistry
316, nos. 1–2 (February 2002): 43–53.

Chapter 11: The Shaman’s Gift

1.
Calvin C. Clawson,
Mathematical Sorcery: Revealing the Secrets
of Numbers
(New York: Basic Books, 2001), 10.

Chapter 12: Priming Your Brain for Enlightenment

1.
William H. Calvin,
A Brain for All Seasons: Human Evolution
and Abrupt Climate Change
(Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002), 307.

2.
G. F. Cahill, Jr., and R. L. Veech, “Ketoacids? Good Medicine?”
Transactions of the American Clinical and Climatological
Association
114 (2003): 149.

3.
M. A. Reger et al., “Effects of Beta-hydroxybutyrate on Cognition in Memory-impaired Adults,”
Neurobiology
of Aging
25, no. 3 (March 2004): 311–14.

4.
See
http://www.treeoflife.nu/media-library/articles-videos-more/why-fast/
.

5.
Paramahansa Yogananda,
Man’s Eternal Quest: Collected Talks
and Essays,
vol. 1 (Los Angeles: Self-Realization Fellowship, 1982), 107.

6.
Thomas Ryan, CSP,
The Sacred Art of Fasting: Preparing to Practice
(Woodstock, VT: SkyLight Paths Publishing, 2005), 163.

7.
N. T. Lautenschlager et al., “Effect of Physical Activity on Cognitive Function in Older Adults at Risk for Alzheimer Disease,”
Journal of the American Medical Association
300, no. 9 (September 3, 2008): 1027–37.

8.
J. Weuve et al., “Physical Activity, Including Walking, and Cognitive Function in Older Women,”
Journal of the American
Medical Association
292, no. 12 (September 2004): 1454–61.

9.
R. D. Abbott et al., “Walking and Dementia in Physically Capable Elderly Men,”
Journal of the American Medical
Association
292, no. 12 (September 2004): 1447–53.

Chapter 13: Shamanic Exercises

1.
E. Epel et al., “Can Meditation Slow Rate of Cellular Aging? Cognitive Stress, Mindfulness, and Telomeres,”
Annals of the
New York Academy of Sciences
1172 (August 2009): 34–53.

2.
Poetic rendering of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, 1.32, by Alberto Villoldo, in
Yoga, Power, and Spirit: Patanjali the
Shaman
(New York: Hay House, 2007), 27.

Chapter 14: The Power Up Your Brain Program

1.
Celiac Disease Awareness Campaign of the National Institutes of Health, “Provider Points: Testing for Celiac Disease,”
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/celiactesting/Celiac_Testing_CDAC_PP.pdf
.

2.
Your doctor can perform this test by contacting Genova Diagnostics at (800) 522-4762 or at
www.genovadiagnostics.com
.

3.
“Moderate Drinking Can Reduce Risks Of Alzheimer’s Dementia And Cognitive Decline, Analysis Suggests,”
Science Daily,
December 31, 2008,
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081229200750.htm
.

Chapter 15: Searching for Your Soul

1.
Alberto Villoldo and Erik Jendresen,
Dance of the Four Winds: Secrets of the Inca Medicine Wheel
(Rochester, VT: Destiny Books, 1994), 10.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We gratefully acknowledge Robert Weir and Nancy Peske, who proved overwhelmingly successful in meeting the challenge of melding two seemingly disparate voices into a cohesive whole. We extend our sincere gratitude to the Hay House team including Patty Gift, whose vision and insight have sustained this project from its inception; and Laura Koch for her spot-on commentary and editorial prowess; as well as Reid Tracy, Richelle Zizian, Johanne Mahaffey, Sally Mason, and Christy Salinas.

ABOUT THE
AUTHORS

David Perlmutter, M.D., F.A.C.N.,
is a board-certified neurologist and fellow of the American College of Nutrition. He serves as medical director of the Perlmutter Health Center and the Perlmutter Hyperbaric Center in Naples, Florida, and is also an adjunct instructor at the Institute for Functional Medicine.

Dr. Perlmutter is recognized internationally as a leader in the field of nutritional influences in neurological disorders. In 2002, he was awarded the Linus Pauling Award for his work in innovative approaches to neurological disorders, and in the same year he received the Denham Harman Award for his work in advancing the understanding of free radical biochemistry in neurological diseases. He also received the 2006 National Nutritional Foods Association Clinician of the Year Award and the 2010 Humanitarian of the Year Award from the American College of Nutrition.

Dr. Perlmutter has contributed extensively to the world of medical literature with publications in numerous journals. He is also the author of four books:
BrainRecovery.com
, The Better Brain
Book, LifeGuide: Your Guide to a Longer and Healtheir Life,
and
Raise
a Smarter Child by Kindergarten.

Dr. Perlmutter has been interviewed on many nationally syndicated radio and television programs including
20/20, The
Faith Daniels Program, Larry King Live,
CNN, Fox News,
Fox &
Friends,
the
Today
show
, The Oprah Winfrey Show,
and CBS’s
The
Early Show.