How Does Exercise Affect the Brain Structure?

The overarching theme here is that exercise increases neuroplasticity. Neuroplasticity is the capacity of the nervous system to modify its organization. It can include the consequence of many different events, including normal development and maturation of the organism. When you acquire new skills, that's like motor learning, for example, you develop new neurons. You lose other ones,. New connections to different neurons or after damage to the nervous system. All of these things would be representative of neuroplasticy.

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