《Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice》 ›› 2018, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (1): 76-79.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-9771.2018.01.014

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Advance in Exercise for Brain Health in Every Age and Associated Mechanism (review)

WEI Sheng-min, GAO Qian-jin   

  1. College of Physical Education, Shijiazhuang University, Shijiazhuang, Heibei 050035, China
  • Received:2017-10-09 Revised:2017-12-08 Published:2018-01-25 Online:2018-01-31
  • Contact: GAO Qian-jin.E-mail:gaoqianjin@126.com

Abstract: Exercise can promote brain health in all the ages, directly or indirectly. In early childhood and adolescence, exercise can increase cardiorespiratory fitness to optimize the neuronal environment to benefit cerebral maturation and cognitive development. In mid-life, exercise may maintain cognitive function by increasing cerebral gray volume and cardiovascular fitness, and preventing a lot of neurobiological events which result in cognitive decline later in life. Finally, regular exercise in late life is very important for integrity of brain white matter, cardiorespiratory fitness, and prevention of future decline.

Key words: exercise, brain health, cognition, childhood and adolescence, mid-life, late life, review

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