An article in the journal Neurology says that exercise may prevent your brain from shrinking if you have Alzheimer's.
Why?
Well, exercise has some neuroprotective effects. It increases the flow of blood to the brain and promotes growth factors and neurochemical protectivity. It's not going to hurt your brain.
There is no idea what causes this, but there was four times less brain shrinkage in Alzheimer patients with moderate physical activity than in Alzheimer patients with slight physical activity.
Monday, July 21, 2008
Exercise slows down Alzheimer's syndrome
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Maybe neural stimulation related to coordinated movements and more interaction with others coupled with increased blood flow and lower stress hormone levels?
Nice post!Then I guess its time for our seniors to take a stroll in the park and stretch those muscles. Anyway, thanks for sharing this. Besides, exercise is good for anyone at any age.
Hello friend thanks for collect and post this useful information about Exercise slows down Alzheimer's syndrome, In my family we have a one member with this disease, my grandma suffers of this disease, she is 85 years old, She receives treatment but this exercise are amazing
Excellent blog, I'm looking for information on how to improve my health, so I would like to help me with advice on the subject, thanks!
An effective mental exercise to improve your memory function is sequencing. Sequencing is a great mental exercise that will train your brain to think in a totally different way. It will also help to work your prefrontal cortex.
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