{"id":555,"date":"2017-11-20T08:40:10","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T08:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=555"},"modified":"2017-11-20T08:40:10","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T08:40:10","slug":"does-exercise-aids-recovery-from-brain-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/?p=555","title":{"rendered":"Does Exercise Aids Recovery From Brain Injury?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>A review from UQ&#8217;s School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences uncovered the benefit of exercise on a particular protein involved in brain re-organization and re-learning following a neurological disorder, such as after a stroke.<\/p>\n<p>Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) proteins, found in the peripheral and central nervous systems, play an important role in brain development, plasticity and survival.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIncreasing BDNF may contribute to the ability of brain cells to grow, change and rejuvenate, and a program of aerobic exercise may increase levels of BDNF in people with a neurological disorder,\u201d Mr. Mackay said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople with neurological disorders have the potential to harness neuroplasticity \u2013 the ability of brain cells to grow, change and rejuvenate \u2013 to help their recovery of motor performance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The research team searched six electronic databases up until the end of December 2016, analyzing 984 experimental or observational studies of people with neurological disorders who undertook an exercise intervention.<\/p>\n<p>Studies employed either a program of aerobic exercise, a single bout of aerobic exercise, or both.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Mackay said that the results propose a new and unique interpretation of the benefits of exercise for people with neurological disorders.<\/p>\n<p>More of this news at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uq.edu.au\/news\/article\/2017\/11\/exercise-aids-recovery-brain-injury\">The University of Queensland<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A review from UQ&#8217;s School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences uncovered the benefit of exercise on a particular protein involved&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-exercise","tag-articles","tag-exercise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=555"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":558,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555\/revisions\/558"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alternativemedicine.today\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}