Researchers have long known that exercise is good for more than just muscular and cardiovascular health. It also can make a person's brain function better. Using mice as subjects they followed this hypothesis.
Some questions to ponder as you comment: Why are the mitochondria so important in this research? How can the tell the mitochondrial DNA and nuclear DNA apart? How is this an example of homeostasis? How could this information be used to improve school performance?
As stated in the article, just after a half hour of running on the treadmill, the mitochondria increased. Mitochondria is an organelle the respiration and energy production happens. With more mitochondria, we are receving more air and energy. So it makes perfect sense that we receive more mitochondria while exercising.With more mitochondria, our brain will experience many changes with this energy resource.
ReplyDeleteMitochondria is very important in exercise research, because exercise produces new mitochondria. The mitochondria that is produced have tiny structures inside the cells that supply the body with energy. Scientists have figured out that brain cells also increase. This effect keeps the brain younger and yourself in a better mood. The mitochondrial DNA and nuclear DNA can be told apart by how the mitochondrial DNA has more mitochondria.
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