Alzheimer Disease

New Research Shows That People With Better Physical Fitness Have Less Brain Atrophy In Alzheimer's

Published in Fitness and Wellness Business Week, August 13th, 2008

People with early Alzheimer's disease who had better fitness ratings had less atrophy in key brain areas associated with memory, according to research reported at the 2008 Alzheimer's Association International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease (ICAD 2008) in Chicago.

This is the first time that MRI brain imaging has been used to demonstrate the connection between cardiorespiratory fitness and Alzheimer's-related brain changes in the hippocampus, an area of the brain important for memory and spatial navigation. In Alzheimer's, the hippocampus is one of the first regions of the brain to suffer damage.

Another report from ICAD 2008 showed that a...

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Source: Fitness and Wellness Business Week (2008-08-13)

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