Exercise improves memory, boosts blood flow to brain

May, 2020

A small study involving 30 older adults (60+) with amnestic MCI, has found that those who underwent a year of aerobic exercise training showed a 47% improvement in some memory scores, compared with minimal change in those who participated in a stretching program. Moreover, brain scans showed the exercise group increased blood flow into two critical brain regions: the anterior cingulate cortex and the hippocampus.

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-05/usmc-eim051820.php

Thomas, Binu P. et al. 2020. Brain Perfusion Change in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment After 12 Months of Aerobic Exercise Training. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 1 Jan. 2020: 617–631.

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