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Aerobic Fitness Correlates with Better Memory in Later Life

04-Apr-2018

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Brain is reliant on the vascular system in many ways.

Reduction in capillary formation reduces supply of nutrients & oxygen.

Raised blood pressure pummels delicate tissue structures in the brain.

Most people's activity below that required to age at slowest possible rate.

Age-related differences in high-interference memory observed across the lifespan.

Differences in general recognition were not observed until after 60 years of age.

Older adults with higher aerobic fitness had better high-interference memory.

he study was published in the Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience.

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Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience

Journal providing information on the mechanisms of Central Nervous System aging.

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