Open AccessMid- and Late-Life Leisure-Time Physical Activity and Global Brain Amyloid Burden: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC)-PET Study
Author(s) -
Priya Palta,
Gerardo Heiss,
A. Richey Sharrett,
Kelley Pettee Gabriel,
Keenan A. Walker,
Kelly R. Evenson,
David S. Knopman,
Thomas H. Mosley,
Dean F. Wong,
Rebecca F. Gottesman
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of alzheimer's disease
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.677
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1875-8908
pISSN - 1387-2877
DOI - 10.3233/jad-200152
Subject(s) - medicine , dementia , positron emission tomography , atherosclerosis risk in communities , odds ratio , amyloid (mycology) , magnetic resonance imaging , gerontology , confidence interval , nuclear medicine , pathology , disease , radiology
Physical activity (PA) may slow the development of dementia by reducing the accumulation of amyloid.