By Traci Pedersen, PsychCentral, 24 September 2019
Exercising several times a week may delay brain deterioration in people at high risk for Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study from the University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.
Researchers found that among people with an accumulation of amyloid beta in the brain (a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease), those who had exercised regularly for one year experienced slower degeneration in a brain region crucial for memory.
Although exercise did not prevent the eventual spread of toxic amyloid plaques blamed for killing neurons in the brains of dementia patients, the results suggest an intriguing possibility that aerobic workouts can at least slow down the effects of the disease if intervention occurs in the early stages.
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