In one of my earlier blogs, I stated that exercising can keep your brain healthy. Now new research has revealed that working out causes the growth of more brain cells in the hippocampus. Scott Small a neurologist at Columbia University ran a three-month program that included intense aerobic exercise. This program required its participants to spend 1-2 hours, four days a week on treadmills. The participants of this program, who were healthy males and females, showed a 30% increase in the production of neurons in the dentate gyrus area of the hippocampus and improvements in memory related tests. Rose Andrel, a gerontologist at the University of Florida in Tampa, stated that what running on a treadmill did was increase the amount of blood that reaches the brain, which brings an increased amount of molecules that promote cell growth up to the brain.
This discovery could be crucial in decreasing the occurrence of Alzheimer’s disease in future generations. Exercising can also can help delay memory loss caused by aging. This is why exercise programs in assisted living homes or nursing hormones should be enforced more.
The entire article can be found here:
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/health/articles/070315/15health.memory.htm
This discovery could be crucial in decreasing the occurrence of Alzheimer’s disease in future generations. Exercising can also can help delay memory loss caused by aging. This is why exercise programs in assisted living homes or nursing hormones should be enforced more.
The entire article can be found here:
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/health/articles/070315/15health.memory.htm
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