Do not sit down too much if you intend to keep your memory

It is time to step down from the office chair: a new study shows that sitting is much more common every day with memory problems in middle-aged and older adults. Researchers from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) found that long periods of stable behavior such as a full day sitting on your desk chair were associated with changes in a part of the adult brain that is very important for memory. Previous research has associated long, stable (sitting) time with an increased risk of heart disease, diabetes and premature death in middle-aged and elderly adults. The new study, published on April 12 in the journal PLOS One, is based on these data, with a focus on the effects of inactivity on the brain, according to a statement from the researchers. The researchers said in the statement that their new study linked in particular the stable behavior with laminar temporal lobe, which is a brain area that has a role in the formation of new memories. They added that brain thinning can be an indicator of cognitive decline and dementia in middle-aged and elderly adults. The study included 35 people aged between 45 and 75 years. Researchers questioned participants about their physical activity and the average number of hours they spent each session during the past week. They then examined participants 'brains using high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging, in which scientists obtained a detailed view of the temporal temporal lobe of each participant in the study and determined the relationship between the thickness of this area and the participants' physical activity rate and seating behavior. The results showed long-term association with temporal temporal lobe, independent of the level of physical activity. "The study suggests in other words that stable behavior is an important indicator of the temporal lobe of the lobe, and that even physical activity at high rates is not enough to compensate for the adverse effects of prolonged sitting," the researchers said in the statement. The participants reported that they spent 3 to 7 hours as a daily average of two sessions, each of which observed a significant decrease in brain thickness during each hour. The study found no statistically significant association between levels of physical activity and middle temporal lobe thickness, but the researchers said in the statement: "Reducing long time sitting may be a possible therapeutic target for interventions designed to improve brain health in people at risk Alzheimer's disease". They also pointed out that the study did not prove (proof) that sitting led to thinning of brain structures, but they found a link between sitting for long periods of time and brain structures insomnia. Did not take into account the initial stages of the study, although it focused on the hours spent in sitting whether participants took breaks during their long sitting. According to the researchers, this is the result of their results. The researchers also said they were moving forward to examine the brains of people sitting longer than daily, to determine if sitting was causing significant thinning. They also want to explore the role of sex, weight and sweat in the impact of sitting on brain health, according to the statement.