In my previous Perspectives, I enumerated several ways to exer-cise your brain and boost its
capacity without expending too many calories or too much effort. You may recall that the …

The issue of failing memory worries us all, particularly as we get older. The treacherous
nature of memory and its distortions caused by advancing age have been dealt with in …

The aging human brain undergoes a variety of structural and metabolic changes, often
coinciding with, or leading to, cognitive decline (Bullitt et al., 2009). Over the past decade …

The study, titled “Exercise-Related Physical Activity Relates to Brain Volumes in 10,125
Individuals,” was recently published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. It reveals that …

Acclaimed neuroscientist Gary Wenk reveals the fascinating impacts of exercise on the brain
Decades of research demonstrate that regular modest levels of exercise improve heart and …

An obese 52-year-old woman underwent mitral valve replacement. On the first day after the
operation, she had left-sided weakness. Brain CT showed right side middle cerebral artery …

The evolutionary hypothesis of endurance running states that movement played a crucial
role in the emergence of typically human anatomical features, as well as in the shaping and …

For many years, I undervalued sleep. Why sleep when one can be up and about? Well,
several things have recently caused me to change my mind. Our understanding of sleep and …

AJNR: 22, October 2001 EDITORIALS 1635 and supported. In other cases, strains are
created by the variance in long-term goals set by divisions within our society. Outside threats …

In this issue of the American Journal of Neuroradiology (AJNR), the cortical gray matter
attenuation in the inferior frontal and parietal regions of mathematicians is found to be …