Strong Muscles and Physical Exercise Allow for a Healthy Brain

Healthy body makes a healthy mind. We have already heard this many times. New research from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) furthers this claim. It discovered that the health of your brain is dependent on movement of your muscles. Skeletal muscle is the muscle that allows for movement. It also is a type of endocrine tissue, meaning that it sends signals. The protein molecules that send information to areas of your body such as your brain are known as myokines. Mykontes are used when your muscles contract, expand of when you create new cells. Exercise increases metabolism in brain regions. The benefits of exercises are increasing the size of the hippocampus. Studies have proved that people with brain damage can benefit from exercise. Such as physical ability and better thinking ability.  

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