The story goes something like this: There is a hospitalization, fall, or illness A physical or occupational therapist provides skilled interventions to increase strength, ambulation, function, and/or balance. (setting could be a hospital, inpatient rehab center, skilled nursing facility, home ...
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Exercise Increases Size of Hippocampus
*** This is awesome. First, a few definitions: BDNF: Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor. The BDNF gene provides instructions for making a protein found in the brain and spinal cord called brain-derived neurotrophic factor. This protein promotes the survival of nerve cells (neurons) by ...
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