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Getting fit to counteract cognitive aging: evidence and future directions
Journal article   Open access   Peer reviewed

Getting fit to counteract cognitive aging: evidence and future directions

Michelle W Voss and Shivangi Jain
Physiology (Bethesda, Md.), Vol.37(4), pp.197-206
01/10/2022
DOI: 10.1152/physiol.00038.2021
PMCID: PMC9191193
PMID: 35001656
url
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9191193View
Published (Version of record) Open Access

Abstract

Physical activity has shown tremendous promise for counteracting cognitive aging, but also tremendous variability in cognitive benefits. We describe evidence for how exercise affects cognitive and brain aging, and whether cardiorespiratory fitness is a key factor. We highlight a brain network framework as a valuable paradigm for the mechanistic insight needed to tailor physical activity for cognitive benefits.
Aging Brain cognition networks fitness

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