Walking and Hippocampal Formation Volume Changes: A Systematic Review Background/Objectives: Sustaining the human brain’s hippocampus from atrophy throughout ageing is critical. Exercise is proven to be effective in promoting adaptive hippocampal plasticity, and the hip...

Have you ever wondered if walking a few extra steps each day, taking a new route, or slowly wandering in nature could be vital for the brain?

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Urban living brings borderline personality disorder to crisis through neuroplasticity—an urgent call to action

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The BDNF-Interactive Model for Sustainable Hippocampal Neurogenesis in Humans: Synergistic Effects of Environmentally-Mediated Physical Activity, Cognitive Stimulation, and Mindfulness This paper bridges critical gaps through proposing a novel, environmentally mediated brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)-interactive model that promises to sustain adult hippocampal neurogenesis ...

Neuro-architect scholar @mohamedkhalil.bsky.social proposes a (built) environment mediated brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) model to sustain neurogenesis in humans. www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/25...

Environmental Affordance for Physical Activity, Neurosustainability, and Brain Health: Quantifying the Built Environment’s Ability to Sustain BDNF Release by Reaching Metabolic Equivalents (METs) Background/Objectives: Unlike enriched environments for rodents, human-built environments often hinder neuroplasticity through sedentary lifestyles, to which exercise can merely overcome its adverse e...

Physical activity is not always exercise! Latest research theory says the built environment can = workout

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Researchers Link Satellite Data With Brain Scans To Identify Environmental Impacts on Brain Development A new study highlights how environmental factors can impact mental health, cognition and brain development in young people.

If folks are interested in linking macro-environment/satellite data to brain data see our study here (news.gsu.edu/2024/11/12/r...; www.nature.com/articles/s44...). You can also play with it yourself, the data are released as part of ABCD data release 5.0. ;-)