
Brain function in the areas associated with Alzheimer’s disease improves as a result of regular, moderate exercise, according to new research from the University of Maryland.
Dr. J. Carson Smith, assistant professor in the Department of Kinesiology, revealed the significance of his findings: “No study has shown that a drug can do what we showed is possible with exercise. We found that after 12 weeks of being on a moderate exercise program, study participants improved their neural efficiency – basically they were using fewer neural resources to perform the same memory task.“
Read the news release here: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-07/uom-emb073013.php.