The cognitive stability of an elderly human is guaranteed by his lifelong motor activity

Abstract

A person’s muscular activity, or behavior when performing various types of physical exercises, is determined by the brain’s complex, multi-level architectonics. The organization of any type of movement in sports and physical exercises, as well as various types of professional motor activity, involves all levels of the central nervous system.

This study aims to analyze the benefits of sports for maintaining long-term brain activity.

This study conducted literary critical analysis of the functional interaction of various cortical and subcortical mechanisms of human voluntary movements with domestic and foreign literature involvement.

Regular sports cause structural changes in areas of the brain that are directly or indirectly involved in the organization of movements. Moreover, due to an increase in perfusion, a significant part of the gray matter of the primary sensorimotor fields and many associative areas of the cortex are also subject to structural changes. Muscle work and any motor activity are a positive factor that determines a person’s cognitive stability in old age due to favorable changes in the brain.

This conclusion refutes the popular belief that long-term sports lead to the preservation of only the motor cortex with age, whereas the capillary networks in other areas, particularly associative fields, occlude earlier with age, and impair intelligence.

Keywords

perfusion / neuron / associative fields / physical activity

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