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Fitness and exercise effects on brain age: A randomized clinical trial.

Journal of sport and health science·August 13, 2025·PMID 40816637

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It provides experimental evidence that sustained aerobic exercise may slow or reverse structural brain aging in early-to-midlife adults, a period when preventive strategies could have long-term impact on cognitive health.

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