Preliminary Study of the Effects of Neuroeducational Methods on the 20th Percentile Telomere Length Dynamics

BACKGROUND/AIMS: Telomeres are nucleotide repeats that cap the end of each chromosome arm and ensure the stability of the genome. The telomere length is amongst the most dependable markers of senescence at the cellular level. It is known that telomeres become shorter with each cell division; accordingly, telomere loss correlates with the process of aging in vivo. This research aimed to investigate the effect of neuroeducational methods on 20th telomere length shortening. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Twenty healthy women participated in this study, and ten of them attended regular neuroeducational sessions. We were searching for the impact of lifestyle on cellular aging by measuring the value of the 20th percentile of telomeres before and after the neuroeducational sessions. RESULTS: The median of the 20th percentile value in the experimental group was 5.8 kb before the study and 5.6 kb after the study (p<0.05). The median of the 20th percentile value in the control group was 6.4 kb before the study and 5.7 kb after the study (p<0.001). CONCLUSION: The findings show that neuroeducational methods relieve stress and make telomere shortening slower, as we were expecting.

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The research found that neuroeducational methods can slow down cellular aging and have a certain impact on changes in the 20th telomere length.