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Apr 5, 2025
How Strength Training Can Slow Brain Aging and Protect Against Alzheimer's Disease
44 people with mild cognitive impairment took part in the study. After six months, participants who had completed weight training showed improvements in memory and brain structure, while participants who had not done weight training had a worsening of the assessed parameters.
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“Resistance training protects the hippocampus and precuneus against atrophy and benefits white matter integrity in older adults with mild cognitive impairment” by Isadora C. Ribeiro, Camila V. L. Teixeira, Thiago J. R. de Resende, Brunno M. de Campos, Gabriel B. Silva, Marco C. Uchida, Thamires N. C. Magalhães, Luciana R. Pimentel-Silva, Ítalo K. Aventurato, Brenda C. Gonçalves, Marjorie C. R. da Silva, Liara Rizzi, Gustavo B. P. Fernandes, Paula T. Fernandes, Fernando Cendes and Marcio L. F. Balthazar, 2 January 2025, GeroScience. DOI: 10.1007/s11357-024-01483-8
