Purpose: This study aims to provide the review delivering rationale and reason for safe and effective treatment against aging through exercise and motor learning and to present a new awareness and perspectives that can lead to a healthy and successful aging. Methods: Web search engines of PUBMED, Web of Knowledge, ERIC, Science Direct were used for mining articles which were related to key words with the combinatiom of ‘aging’, ‘physical activity’, ‘exercise’, ‘neural plasticity’ and ‘cognition’. Results: Aging decreases the capacity of memory, attention, and information processing, motor control & motor learning ability, increase the variability in the behavior level and is a closely related neurodegenerative disease. Reduction and damage of functions to be displayed in physical and mental areas are threatening the quality of life for the elderly. Especially physical activity and exercise is closely related to the neural plasticity, resulting in a change in the structure and function of the nervous system throughout lifetime. Physical activity & exercise regularly is essential element for successful aging and brings about prevention of cognitive impairment and dementia, improvement of vascular function, reduction of obesity, reduction of inflammatory factors, causing an increase of brain health and functionality. Conclusion: An important features of successful aging demonstrate low prevalence, low degree of disability, and high cognitive and physical ability with active lifestyle. Future to develop the arbitration scheme through a variety of approaches, it is necessary to attempt to reduce the negative impact of the decline in cognitive and motor functions.

Ⅰ. 서 론
 Ⅱ. 연구방법
 Ⅲ. 연구결과
  1. 경험과 학습에 의한 뇌신경 가소성
  2. 노화에 따른 뇌신경계의 구조와 기능의변화
  3. 노화, 신체활동,
 운동학습에 따른 뇌신경가소성
  4. 성공적인 노화를 위한 운동의 효과와신경가소성
 Ⅳ. 논 의
 참고문헌

• 김상범(중앙대학교) | Sang-Bum Kim (College of Sport Science, Chung-Ang University) Corresponding author