Exercise Increases Brain Growth Factor And Receptors, Prevents Stem Cell Drop In Middle Age
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 08:35
in Biology & Nature
A new study confirms that exercise can reverse the age-related decline in the production of neural stem cells in the hippocampus of the mouse brain, and suggests that this happens because exercise restores a brain chemical which promotes the production and maturation of new stem cells.
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