[lit-ideas] Re: For Paul (long)
- From: Eric Yost <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 16:22:19 -0400
Paul: You'll be hard-pressed to find someone who *exercises*
reason more frequently than I.
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Keep on exercising, Paul. An article from an APA Symposium
follows. I'm off to hike on the Appalachian Trail. -EY
Exercise May Have Neuroprotective Effect
Laurie Barclay, MD
August 11, 2006 — Exercise helps maintain brain structure
and function with aging and may delay onset of Alzheimer's
disease and other dementias, according to a review presented
at the 114th annual convention of the American Psychological
Association (APA).
"There is a diverse body of evidence from retrospective and
prospective clinical studies, as well as from animal
research, all of which suggests that exercise has beneficial
effects from middle age to old age," presenter Arthur F.
Kramer, PhD, a faculty member in neuroscience and psychology
at the University of Illinois at Urbana in Champaign, told
Medscape.
"Exercise has neuroprotective effects enabling higher levels
of cognition and delaying the onset of various forms of
dementia such as Alzheimer's disease in prospective
epidemiological studies," Dr. Kramer continued. "It also has
positive effects on brain structure and function, both from
human research with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI),
functional MRI, and event-related potentials, and especially
from the animal literature showing proliferation of active
capillary beds, new dendritic connections, and even new
neurons in selective areas such as the hippocampus."
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