on 12/8/2008
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Scared of becoming senile in your old age? Well if you don't want to be anything like the picture to the right (that's me btw) then you probably should get out and exercise.
New experiments show that exercise actually helps slow the aging process - specifically with respect to brain functions. Although the testing has only been performed on mice - Taiwanese scientists have found that regular exercise helps continue the production of brain stem cells.
“As we age, the ability of producing new neurons is decreasing. However, moderate running can improve the production, survival and maturation of new neurons in the brain,” said lead researcher Yu-Min Kuo, an associate professor in the Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy at the National Cheng Kung University Medical College in Tainan. “The younger one starts to run, the better.”
The report is published in the November issue of the Journal of Applied Physiology.
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