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...decade ago, when neuroscientist Fred Gage of the Salk Institute made the discovery that the adult brain continues to regenerate, the brains in question belonged to mice. Some of the mice had been sedentary, others had been exercising, and the ones that logged the most miles on their wheels produced many more new neurons than did the sedentary ones...
...turns out that the same appears to be true for humans. In a paper published last spring, a team led by Gage, Small and Richard Sloan, a psychologist at Columbia University, revealed that after pounding the treadmill four times a week for an hour for 12 weeks, a group of previously inactive men and women, ages 21 to 45, showed substantial increases in cerebral blood volume (CBV)--a proxy for neurogenesis because where there are more cells, there are more blood vessels...
...first place, and they [Columbia] have nothing to lose,” Delaney-Smith said. “That set of factors makes it a very dangerous game for us.”Having equalled a program-best six Ivy League wins, Columbia will look to senior captain Michele Gage for inspiration against the Crimson. The Lions’ leading scorer with 11.6 points per game, Gage has scored in double figures in seven straight games.On the eve of the biggest weekend of Harvard’s season thus far, Delaney-Smith is hoping for history to repeat itself...
...Crimson gave up 18 second-half points off turnovers. The Lions were also helped in the comeback bid by 21 second-half free throw attempts—16 of which they made. Columbia got to the line only five times in the first half. Lions’ senior Michele Gage finished the game with 22 points, and she’s now scored in double digits in each of her past five games. With eight minutes remaining, Columbia made three straight 3-pointers, sending the crowd into a frenzy. The Lions were 7-for-12 from behind...
...members of the Alaska Klub for an 8 a.m. plunge on Saturday.On a morning where the real-feel temperature was 22 degrees, according to the Weather Channel, the newly elected leaders of the College’s student government proved their mettle, said Alaska Klub Co-President Robert J. Gage ’10.“I think the student body president should be able to jump into an icy river,” Gage said. “And I might add they did it without any hesitation either. There was no whining. They came right down...