The effects of aerobic activity on brain structure

AG Thomas, A Dennis, PA Bandettini… - Frontiers in …, 2012 - frontiersin.org
Aerobic activity is a powerful stimulus for improving mental health and for generating
structural changes in the brain. We review the literature documenting these structural …

Stress leads to contrasting effects on the levels of brain derived neurotrophic factor in the hippocampus and amygdala

H Lakshminarasimhan, S Chattarji - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Recent findings on stress induced structural plasticity in rodents have identified important
differences between the hippocampus and amygdala. The same chronic immobilization …