There is a strong link between the practice of regular physical exercise and maintenance of
cognitive brain health. Animal and human studies have shown that exercise exerts positive
effects on cognition through a variety of mechanisms, such as changes in brain volume and
connectivity, cerebral perfusion, synaptic plasticity, neurogenesis, and regulation of trophic
factors. However, much of this data has been conducted in young humans and animals,
raising questions regarding the generalizability of these findings to aging adults …