In a study published earlier this week by the Archives of Neurology, scientists say their results indicate that people who keep their brains active throughout life with cognitively stimulating activities have reduced levels of beta amyloid plaques, one of the hallmark lesions found in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease.
I’m particularly excited to talk about this research because it is out of one of our local labs (UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Labs) and was supported in part by grants from the Alzheimer’s Association!
The claim
Results from the research suggest that greater participation in cognitively stimulating activities throughout a person’s life, but especially in the early and middle years, appears to be associated with reduced PiB uptake, and thus reduced amyloid accumulation. Continue reading “Another study encourages keeping your brain active to ward of Alzheimer’s” »
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