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008			200601s2021 nyu ob 001 0 eng
020			_a9780190051068 _q(epub)
020			_z9780190051044 _q(hardback)
040			_aDLC _beng _cDLC _erda _dMEMOS
082	0	0	_a612.8/2 _223 _bW476
100	1		_aWenk, Gary Lee, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aYour brain on exercise / _cGary L. Wenk, PhD.
263			_a2012
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bOxford University Press, _c[2021]
300			_a194P.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"Decades of research has demonstrated that regular exercise improves heart and lung function and may relieve joint pain. Daily exercise will help your body to regulate blood sugar levels and reduce inflammation; many of these benefits are a consequence of reducing the amount of body fat you carry around. Your body clearly benefits in many ways from regular exercising. Does the brain benefit as well? Yes, the brain does care whether you exercise, just not always for the reasons that you might think. The brain benefits the most when you perform activities that it evolved to perform--to move around your environment with purpose, not for diversion or sport. Your brain benefits when the movement addresses its unique evolutionary priorities. In order for exercise to influence the brain, the muscles involved must somehow communicate with it. Actively contracting skeletal muscles communicate with the brain, as well as many other organs, by releasing chemical messengers into the blood. During the past few years, many muscle-derived chemical messengers have been discovered. So many, in fact, that your muscles might be more accurately viewed as one of your endocrine glands, similar to your adrenal or thyroid glands. The actions of some of these chemical messengers on your brain, and whether these actions are direct or indirect, beneficial or not, is the focus of this book"-- _cProvided by publisher.
588			_aDescription based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
650		0	_aBrain _xPhysiology.
650		0	_aExercise _xHealth aspects.
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