Exercise away Alzheimer's Risk.
A new study has shown that there is a strong association between a hormone released during exercise and the prevention of neurodegeneration. Irisin, induced from exercise may improve brain plasticity and memory helping explain how exercise has beneficial effects on brain health.
There is still debate over how beneficial it is in slowing or reversing the progression of dementia and Alzheimer's disease but studies have found that it can directly enhance brain health and cognition in younger adults.
Nevertheless, this is an intriguing new discovery that may ultimately help direct researchers towards new treatments for aging patients unable to engage in functional levels of physical exercise.
Patients living with Alzheimer's disease often have very different patterns of activity as compared with healthy controls. By understanding the daily patterns of physical activity, the design of effective interventions and sleep improvement for people with Alzheimer's, can be developed. According to study findings cited in an article published online in Neurology Reviews, “[m]ild Alzheimer’s disease was associated with less moderate-intensity physical activity, lower peak activity, and lower physical activity complexity, particularly during the morning.” For people already living with Alzheimer’s disease, physical activity can help them function better, decline more slowly, and help them with symptoms like agitation, wandering, and sleeplessness.
The types of activities that might be found helpful for patients with Alzheimer's are low intensity activities such a walking around the neighborhood or local park. It is important that they do things to keep moving to avoid sitting continuously.
The cause of Alzheimer disease is unknown. Several investigators now believe that converging environmental and genetic risk factors trigger a pathophysiologic cascade that, over decades, leads to Alzheimer pathology and dementia.
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Haridy, R. (2019, January 08). Exercise-induced hormone may protect against Alzheimer's and dementia. Retrieved from https://newatlas.com/exercise-alzheimers-dementia-hormone/57901/