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Oct. 17th, 2003 10:03 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
novapsyche"We thought that we were born with a brain and that brain degenerated as we aged until we died," he [Dr. Antonio Convit of the New York University School of Medicine] says. "Now we know that there are many triggers that make parts of the brain regenerate themselves."
One of those triggers may be linked to your fitness level.
"Cardiovascular exercise that's done over a longer period of time will tend to reduce the amount of tissue you lose as you age," says Stan Colcombe, a researcher at the University of Illinois-Urbana.
That includes brain tissue, and losing less of it may mean keeping more precious memories.
Age, exercise may boost memory
One of those triggers may be linked to your fitness level.
"Cardiovascular exercise that's done over a longer period of time will tend to reduce the amount of tissue you lose as you age," says Stan Colcombe, a researcher at the University of Illinois-Urbana.
That includes brain tissue, and losing less of it may mean keeping more precious memories.
Age, exercise may boost memory