Electronic/World Wide Web>Internet Article: Reynolds, Gretchen (September 28, 2011), How Exercise Can Strengthen the Brain, New York Times, New York, Retrieved on 2011-09-30Source Material [well.blogs.nytimes.com]
Folksonomies: brain intelligence exercise Memes
30 SEP 2011
Exercise Increases the Number of Mitochondria in Brain Ti...
Past experiments have shown persuasively that exercise spurs the birth of new mitochondria in muscle cells and improves the vigor of the existing organelles. This upsurge in mitochondria, in turn, has been linked not only to improvements in exercise endurance but to increased longevity in animals and reduced risk for obesity, diabetes and heart disease in people. It is a very potent cellular reaction.
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Like muscles, many parts of the brain get a robust physiological workout during exer...
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A study on mice finds that exercise increases the production of mitochondria in brain tissue in addition to their production in muscle tissue (I dig the term "mitochondrial biogenesis" as describing the benefit).
