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Neurogenesis occurs very little in adults; it only occurs in the hypothalamus and striatum to a small extent in a process called adult neurogenesis.Environmental enrichment, physical activity and stress (which can stimulate or hinder this process) are key environmental and physiological factors affecting adult neurogenesis. [2]
[citation needed] There is a positive correlation between early life education and memory gains in older age. This effect is especially significant in women. [16] In particular, associative learning, which is another type of episodic memory, is vulnerable to the effects of aging, and this has been demonstrated across various study paradigms. [17]
A distinction can be made between "proximal ageing" (age-based effects that come about because of factors in the recent past) and "distal ageing" (age-based differences that can be traced to a cause in a person's early life, such as childhood poliomyelitis). [53] Ageing is among the greatest known risk factors for most human diseases.
Exercising four to six times a week for thirty to sixty minutes has physical and cognitive effects such as lowering blood sugar and increasing neural plasticity. [109] Physical activity reduces the loss of function by 10% each decade after the age of 60 and active individuals drop their rate of decline in half. [110]
DNA cross-linking can in turn lead to various effects of aging, especially cancer. [21] Other cross-linking can occur between fat and protein molecules, which leads to wrinkles. [22] Free radicals can oxidize LDL, and this is a key event in the formation of plaque in arteries, leading to heart disease and stroke. [23]
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