Ageing Brains Show Great Promise for Rejuvenation
UQ neuroscientists have, for the first time, been able to demonstrate that moderate exercise significantly increases the number of neural stem cells in the ageing brain
In research published in
Stem Cells, Dr Daniel Blackmore and his colleagues at the Queensland
Brain Institute (QBI) have shown that moderate exercise directly increases the number of stem cells in the ageing brain
Despite the conventional wisdom that we only have a set number of neurons or
brain cells, neuroscientists have known for some time that, in healthy brains, the creation of new neurons is an ongoing and lifelong mechanism
However, it has also been known for more than a decade that the number of new neurons we produce slowly declines with age
According to QBI neuroscientist Dr Blackmore, researchers are interested in finding ways to stimulate the production of neurons to negate any decline brought about by age or disease.
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