Exercise Increases Brain Growth Factor And Receptors, Prevents Stem Cell Drop In Middle Age, National Cheng Kung University Medical College Study

ScienceDaily (Nov. 18, 2008) — 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.