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Written By: Editorial Team | Updated : October 2, 2012 11:03 AM IST
According to Hungarian scientist Z Radak, regular exercise could play an important in healing in stroke, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases among the elder people. On the occasion of 16th two-yearly conference of the Association of Gerontology, the three day international symposium 'Problems and prospects of elderly in today's world' is being held at the North Eastern Hill University of Shillong with participants from Japan, Germany and USA.
"Regular exercises positively affect the brain function as well as play an important preventive and therapeutic role in stroke, Alzheimer and Parkinson diseases," Radak said.
The Hungarian scientist said aerobic metabolism continuously generates Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) which activate gene expression for a wide range of proteins. "Data from our laboratories indicate that exercise induced modulation of ROS levels plays a role in the protein content." the scientist said.
Radak also noted that regular exercise improves the physiological performance of skeletal and cardiac muscle thereby decreasing the incidence of a wide range of diseases including heart and vascular.
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