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Physical Exercise Strengthens the Brain

The brain, like all muscles and organs, is a tissue, and its function declines with underuse and age. Beginning in our late 20s, most of us will lose about 1 percent annually of the volume of the hippocampus, a key portion of the brain related to memory and certain types of learning.

Exercise though seems to slow or reverse the brain's physical decay, much as it does with muscles.

See the full article: How Exercise Could Lead to a Better Brain

     * posted by Robert on Fri, Jan 26, 2018


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