PHYSICAL EXERCISE AS APREVENTIVE OR DISEASE-MODIFYING TREATMENT OF DEMENTIA AND BRAIN AGING

PHYSICAL EXERCISE AS APREVENTIVE OR DISEASE- MODIFYING TREATMENT OF DEMENTIA AND BRAIN AGING
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Abstract:
Dementia and cognitive injury have become a phenomenon among the old generation. Research shows that exercises and especially regular ones can ease or curb both Dementia and cognitive injury. Among the most common causes of dementia disease as identified by scholars are Alzheimer's disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, vascular ailment, front temporal disintegration syndromes, and other disorders. Sadly, there is no cure that has been found in the medical sense that could cure this problem of dementia or age-related cognitive injury effectively. A study by Ahlskog, Geda, and Graff-Radford & Petersen found out that bodily exercise could be employed in reducing the risk of dementia and brain aging among the older generation, (2011).
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This study relied on scientific literature on the subject of exercise and cognition, including animal and observational studies. It also reviewed over 1600 papers, with 130 being directly on this topic.
Results:
In his analysis, Dr. Ahlskog established that in the scientific sense, the amount of exercise needed to obtain brain benefits has not been clearly established. However, he noted that exercise is enough to raise the heart rate to about 60% utmost, made for about 150 minutes a week, and would be a first rate suggestion. This finding concurs with those released by the American Heart Association, which stated “Resistance exercise, such as weight lifting, also has beneficial effects”. Furthermore, findings of this result also revealed that normal aging is linked with brain contraction, and this seems to be largely ascribed by progressive loss of synapses and related neuronal associations (the 'neuropil'). Further findings from this study also establ...