Alzheimer's Disease
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| - | Alzheimer's Disease is a progessive neuro de-generative disorder. In recent years researchers have found that exercise improves memory,concentration, and abstract reasoning among older adults, and may even delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease. Aerobic exercise increases blood flow to the brain which nourishes brain cells and allows them to function more effectively. A recent study showed that exercise actually promotes the growth of new neurons(brain cells) in the hippocampus--the part of the brain that controls memory and learning. Scientists previously believed that once brain cells died, they were not replaced. | + | Alzheimer's Disease is a progessive neuro de-generative disorder. In recent years researchers have found that exercise improves memory,concentration, and abstract reasoning among older adults, and may even delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease. Aerobic exercise increases blood flow to the brain which nourishes brain cells and allows them to function more effectively. A recent study showed that exercise actually promotes the growth of new neurons(brain cells) in the hippocampus--the part of the brain that controls memory and learning. Scientists previously believed that once brain cells died, they were not replaced. According to previous research, chemicals, obesity, and smoking have all been linked to Alzheimer's. People who described themselves as goal-oriented and abel to control impulses were less likely to develop Alzheimer's Disease according to a study of 997 people. Baby monkeys exposed to lead showed Alzheimer's like symptoms including amyloid plague, years later, according to a recent study. At the University of Alabama at Birmingham, mice who drank the equivalent of five sodas a day for six months did worse on memory tasks than those who drank water. The mice that had sodas had more than twice the amyloid plaque in their brains (which is a sign of Alzheimer's) than the others. |
Revision as of 00:15, 22 March 2008
Alzheimer's Disease is a progessive neuro de-generative disorder. In recent years researchers have found that exercise improves memory,concentration, and abstract reasoning among older adults, and may even delay the onset of Alzheimer's disease. Aerobic exercise increases blood flow to the brain which nourishes brain cells and allows them to function more effectively. A recent study showed that exercise actually promotes the growth of new neurons(brain cells) in the hippocampus--the part of the brain that controls memory and learning. Scientists previously believed that once brain cells died, they were not replaced. According to previous research, chemicals, obesity, and smoking have all been linked to Alzheimer's. People who described themselves as goal-oriented and abel to control impulses were less likely to develop Alzheimer's Disease according to a study of 997 people. Baby monkeys exposed to lead showed Alzheimer's like symptoms including amyloid plague, years later, according to a recent study. At the University of Alabama at Birmingham, mice who drank the equivalent of five sodas a day for six months did worse on memory tasks than those who drank water. The mice that had sodas had more than twice the amyloid plaque in their brains (which is a sign of Alzheimer's) than the others.
