Kinesiology 1080A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Auditory Cortex, Saccade, Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor
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Lecture 6: neurodegenerative disease and temporal lobe (jan 19th 2018) Kinesiology: exercise = health, brain releases vdnf (brain derived neurotrophic factor) when you exercise which promotes neurogenesis which is the formation of new synaptic connections in the brain. It also promotes neurotransmission efficiency (communication of neurons between each other), and an increase in brain volume or density: people become less physically active in older age, less vdnf in the time they need it the most. Lesions to hippocampus still allows you to form implicit memories, but not explicit memories.