Exercise may increase volume in certain brain areas of patients with schizophrenia | e! Science News

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Exercise may increase volume in certain brain areas of patients with schizophrenia | e! Science News

Potentially beneficial brain changes (an increase in the volume of an area known as the hippocampus) occur in response to exercise both in patients with schizophrenia and healthy controls, according to a report in the February issue of Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. The findings suggest that the brain retains some plasticity, or ability to adapt, even in those with psychotic disorders.

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Tags: Brain, Schizophrenia, Psychotic Disorder, Disease and Condition, Exercise and Fitness