Dynoswim Study Shows Why Exercise Boosts Brainpower

Study Shows Why Exercise Boosts Brainpower

posted March 13, 2007 @ 2:13 PM | Health and Nutrition category

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Exercise boosts brainpower by building new brain cells in a brain region linked with memory and memory loss, U.S. researchers reported Monday.

Tests on mice showed they grew new brain cells in a brain region called the dentate gyrus, a part of the hippocampus that is known to be affected in the age-related memory decline that begins around age 30 for most humans.

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