For a lot of people out there, there is no stopping memory loss once they start to mature in their age, and this becomes even more noticeable as they slip past the ages of 40 and get well into their 50's. The thing is, the science behind this is so advanced that the patterns of age related short term memory loss can be detected sometimes as early as the 20's and the 30's of the particular individual, and this is achieved through the use of neuropsychological testing in the environment of a hospital. Of course, you need to be aware that this sort of pattern is commonly found within the family, and if you have both and all grandparents or relatives beyond the ages of 50 who have been suffering from short term memory loss.

The thing is, this is common for everyone, it is just the different degrees in which memory and other mental and physical faculties? sort of degenerate as age catches up with us. You can compare this quite easily to things like physical and athletic abilities, which peaks around adulthood and slowly slips away when we reach our mature years. However, science has proven that there is no such thing as universal age related short term memory loss; which means that all aspects of memory will slip away as age becomes a factor. In fact, the ailment is quite specific in a sense that some memories and some aspects of remembrance will become affected, but other areas will be as accessible as ever before.

For example, forgetting mechanical memory like riding a bicycle or even swimming is something you will never forget, no matter how old you get, and its resilience will even surpass degenerative brain diseases like Alzheimer's. You may start to forget faces and names of people, as most common with old people who start to experience memory loss. To find the core of this problem, we have to delve a bit deeper into neurosurgery and in this case the areas of the cortex that include the axon, the dendrite, and the synapse.

The reason why age is a factor to memory loss (as these areas control the bulk of it) is simply because brain cells die as age becomes a factor, and when they die, they affect the neuron communication to the synapse and the dendrite; thus limiting communication flow in and around the memory banks. There are established therapies which help to promote neurogenesis, or the regrowth of some of these brain cells, and there are even classes that use the individual's very own inert will power combined with mental exercises to stimulate the brain.

Also, there is a lot of talk surrounding brain food and certain supplementation that you can use to augment the power of the brain and even slow down the process. As you can see, the route is not yet closed for you to regenerate those memory glands and ensure that you overcome age related short term memory loss.