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Cerebral blood volume is not the only thing responsible for this brain-boosting. Also at work is the fact that exercise increases what's known as brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), a protein that stimulates the birth of new brain cells and then helps them differentiate and connect. BDNF also enhances neural plasticity, the process by which the brain changes in response to learning. In diseases like Alzheimer's, depression, Parkinson's and dementia, BDNF levels are low. In people who exercise, BDNF levels rise...
...changes [at other schools] could well have rendered the financial aid factor a bit of a wash," Fitzsimmons said...
...While surgery-themed television may be driving the interest of a younger audience, one factor appears to be key in tempering appearance-obsessed teens from altering their bodies: the failing U.S. economy...
...department chair Michael Puett was given the senior faculty award by Roland Lamb ’06-’08, who was the Chinese history professor’s advisee for four years before graduating this past January. “He has been the single most important factor with coming to terms with what I want to do,” said Lamb, who plans to follow his mentor into academia. “I’ve seen him have that influence on others.” John Stewart, a senior preceptor in music, received the junior...
...told you can pay for that service,” he said of moving up the Google rankings, before adding that he had heard links were also a factor in a site’s position among the Google search results...