Alzheimer’s study shows continuing mind activity slows deterioration: NewsTarget.com

Keeping your mind active can help delay the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, a study from the University of California Irvine shows.

The study showed that learning new things in old age helped delay the appearance of lesions in the brain that signal the start of Alzheimer’s. The process that leads to Alzheimer’s is a buildup of the protein beta amyloid to create an equivalent to plaque in the brain. This plaque disrupts communication between cells and leads to Alzheimer’s. Doing simple, pleasurable things like crossword puzzles, building or reading, helps fight the numbing of the mind.

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With Alzheimer’s, continuing to keep the mind active slows deterioration

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