These findings have led Shatz and others into a new line of research on the role of MHC
molecules in learning and memory, and how they may contribute to conditions such as stroke damage, Alzheimer's disease, autism and schizophrenia.
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In animal studies, exercise has been shown to specifically affect the hippocampus, significantly increasing the growth of new neurons and cell survival, enhancing memory and learning, and increasing molecules that are involved in the plasticity of the brain,» Chaddock sai
In animal studies, exercise has been shown to specifically affect the hippocampus, significantly increasing the growth of new neurons
and cell survival, enhancing
memory and learning,
and increasing
molecules that are involved
in the plasticity of the brain,» Chaddock sai
in the plasticity of the brain,» Chaddock said.
I mean cyclic ANP — the
molecule that I found to be important
in learning and memory — is used as a scape
in bacteria, it's used as a hunger signal
in bacteria.
On the surface of our numerous star - shaped brain cells called astrocytes, they have found the
molecule LRP4 is important
in ensuring healthy levels of a brain chemical that enables
learning and memory, said Dr. Lin Mei, chairman of the Department of Neuroscience
and Regenerative Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University
and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar
in Neuroscience.
Studies
in rats have shown that physical exercise boosts BDNF (brain - derived neurotrophic factor — a
molecule that promotes the growth
and survival of brain cells) levels
in the hippocampus, which is a brain structure crucial for
learning and memory formation.