Snippit Sports Science Podcast

Snippit is made possible by listeners like you. Please help support the podcast: ► https://www.patreon.com/snippitscience    A brain boost to fight Alzheimer's disease Tara L. Spires-Jones Craig W. Ritchie   Science 07 Sep 2018: Vol. 361, Issue 6406, pp. 975-976 https://science.sciencemag.org/content/361/6406/975   Perspective on:   Combined adult neurogenesis and BDNF mimic exercise effects on cognition in an Alzheimer’s mouse model   Se Hoon Choi, Enjana Bylykbashi, Zena K. Chatila, Star W. Lee, Benjamin Pulli, Gregory D. Clemenson, Eunhee Kim, Alexander Rompala, Mary K. Oram, Caroline Asselin, Jenna Aronson, Can Zhang, Sean J. Miller, Andrea Lesinski, John W. Chen, Doo Yeon Kim, Henriette van Praag, Bruce M. Spiegelman, Fred H. Gage, Rudolph E. Tanzi   Science 07 Sep 2018: Vol. 361, Issue 6406, eaan8821 https://science.sciencemag.org/content/361/6406/eaan8821   Adult neurogenesis and Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology destroys neurons and synapses in the brain, leading to dementia. T