02 Dec 2009 BY Katrina Tarrant POSTED IN Back Pain, Exercise Tweet December article review - Exercise and Mood It is well published and believed that regular exercise can enhance our mood. But how is this physiologically explained? How is it that physical stresses on our body from physical exercise can impact our psychological stresses? We know very little to date on why it is that exercise has these effects. This article from the New York Times explores the role of newly formed nerve cells in the brain with exercise, serotonin and dopamine in the brain. And discusses a few interesting rat studies! The article concludes on a positive note that regular aerobic work outs for perhaps as little as 3-6 weeks (based on those rat studies) can bring about these physiological changes. So, it won't happen overnight, but it will happen. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/phys-ed-why-exercise-makes-you-less-anxious/?em Tweet
It is well published and believed that regular exercise can enhance our mood. But how is this physiologically explained? How is it that physical stresses on our body from physical exercise can impact our psychological stresses? We know very little to date on why it is that exercise has these effects. This article from the New York Times explores the role of newly formed nerve cells in the brain with exercise, serotonin and dopamine in the brain. And discusses a few interesting rat studies! The article concludes on a positive note that regular aerobic work outs for perhaps as little as 3-6 weeks (based on those rat studies) can bring about these physiological changes. So, it won't happen overnight, but it will happen. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/phys-ed-why-exercise-makes-you-less-anxious/?em