Young runners remember better when old

摘要

CAN exercise during childhood protect you against memory loss many decades later? Exercise early in life seems to have lifelong benefits for the brain, in rats at least. "This is an animal study, but it indicates that physical activity at a young age is very important - not just for development, but for the whole lifelong trajectory of cognitive development during ageing," says Martin Wojtowicz of the University of Toronto, Canada. "In humans, it may compensate for and delay the appearance of Alzheimer's symptoms, possibly to the point of preventing them."