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How Exercise Fuels the Brain

How Exercise Fuels the Brain

By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS
Does exercise keep your brain running?
Shannon Stapleton/ReutersDoes exercise keep your brain running?
 
Moving the body demands a lot from the brain. Exercise activates countless neurons, which generate, receive and interpret repeated, rapid-fire messages from the nervous system, coordinating muscle contractions, vision, balance, organ function and all of the complex interactions of bodily systems that allow you to take one step, then another.

Read more ... http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/22/how-exercise-fuels-the-brain/
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