of exercise, scientists administered selenium to sedentary, aged mice (the equivalent of 60 years old in humans). The results were spectacular:Neurological diseases
The number of new neurons in the hippocampus has doubled in one month.
Cognitive deficits associated with aging have been reversed, not simply stabilized.
Mice that had suffered brain damage (similar to a stroke) regained normal learning and memory abilities after supplementation.
This discovery opens up a major therapeutic avenue for elderly, frail or disabled people who are unable to engage in regular physical activity.
A major
