DALLAS: A team of University of the Sunshine Coast researchers has received funding to investigate how exercise might slow the progression of dementia.
The research, led by Associate Professor Dr Chris Askew, was one of only 100 projects selected for a grant under the Australia – Germany Joint Research Co-operation Scheme, a program run by Universities Australia and the Germany Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).
The $24,400 grant will allow early career researchers from USC to travel to the German Sports University (GSU) in Cologne for parts of the study. Their German counterparts will also have opportunities to conduct research at USC.
Dr Askew said while exercise had already been shown to help people with early signs of Alzheimer’s Disease or dementia, this project would look at the underlying mechanisms and the role that blood flow to the brain could play in the process…