Women’s brains appear younger than those belonging to men of exactly the same age in scans measuring the organ's metabolism, according to a new study.
They were found to be around three to four years more “youthful” than their male contemporaries.
The discovery may help doctors understand why women are less susceptible to memory loss and neurological diseases as they age.
Brain ageing is known to be associated with a gradual decline in brain metabolism.
With their new study, scientists from Washington University in St Louis, Missouri. attempted to gauge the “metabolic age” of people’s brains in their new study.