This may be in mice but what the hell is the downside of getting young blood transfusions? Ask your doctor, and not politely. Your doctor just needs to figure out what a 3 month old mouse would correspond to in humans. Are your doctors even thinking about your cognitive needs at all?
http://brainblogger.com/2014/06/13/young-blood-revitalizes-the-aging-brain/
Aged mice exposed to young blood for five weeks showed a significant
increase in the number of cells in the hippocampus, a structure
important for learning and memory, positive for signaling molecules
(including Erg-1, c-Fos, and pCREB) important for learning processes. In
addition, these aged mice showed a significantly increased number of
dendritic spines, portions of brain cells that receive signals in order
to help transmit information, in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus.
More at link, including references.
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