Can you change your brains? Science of neuroplasticity

 People often spend hours and hours focusing on strengthening their muscles, being productive at work, or worrying about their looks, but have they ever stopped for a while to think about the most powerful and complex tool they have—the big, fluffy brain—which is crucial in all aspects of their lives? Although people need to work efficiently 24/7, what they ignore most is how healthy their brains are.

So let’s discuss about physical exercises, which play a key role in brain health.

How does exercise change our brain?

1.Fixing our mood

    What is amazing about exercise for our brains is that it fixes the mood. There is no doubt that people who work with us will love to see us exercising since they don’t need to worry about the mood swings of the person sitting at their neighboring desk. Even moving your body or taking a thirty-minute walk is quite enough to bring results. So we should not ignore the power of physical activity, thinking only about the comfort we can enjoy for a short time.

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    Enhancing brain plasticity

      What is brain plasticity? Sometimes you may be surprised if I say that the shape of the brain can also be changed, just like our muscles, based on what we do and what we eat. This was discovered by Pro. Marian Diamond, PhD, in neuroanatomy at UC Berkeley in the 1960s. Rats were divided into three groups: those in which she discovered that the rats in rat cages, where they had plenty of chance to play with toys and move freely, developed a thicker cortex, the outer covering of the brain, which helps in higher brain function, than the rats who were isolated in shoe boxes with limited movement and social interactions. . She got the same outcome even by giving them a running wheel or making them physically active. We can clearly see how much it matters to be active.








      3.Reducing the risk of dementia.

      There was a study where people who are 65 and older were examined for the probability of getting dementia depending on the physical activity they engage in at that time., mainly in terms of how many walks they take. They could discover an amazing fact that was revealed. People who take three walks a week or more were 30% less likely to develop dementia in the next five years. What is more interesting is that it showed that the longer you have physical activity, the longer you are able to stave off dementia, which means the more active you are over your lifetime or the more active you are from a young age, the healthier your brain would be.



      Release of neurochemicals to grow brain cells

      If you walk regularly, every time you move, your body helps to release neurochemicals, which can do wonders for your physical and mental health. Some of the neurochemicals, or what we call growth factors, are serotonin, dopamine, and noradrenaline. They directly go into the hippocampus, which is only one of the two areas where new brain cells grow. This brings new hope for those who have a history of Alzheimer dementia, as the hippocampus is the area initially attacked by this disease. Also, the prefrontal cortex can grow and form new synapses.




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