Brain Atrophy The Sedentary Brain and How Physical Inactivity Shrinks Your Hippocampus
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Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Altersempfehlung
1 - 99 Jahr(e)
Erscheinungsdatum
05.03.2026
Verlag
EpubliSeitenzahl
152
Maße (L/B/H)
29,7/21/0,9 cm
Gewicht
414 g
Auflage
1
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-3-565-29530-2
We all know that sitting at a desk all day destroys our posture and expands our waistlines. But the most devastating victim of a sedentary lifestyle is not our spine or our heart—it is our mind. Lack of physical movement is actively rewiring the architecture of your brain.
The Sedentary Brain syndrome reveals a terrifying neurological reality. Evolutionary biology designed the human brain to optimize itself during continuous movement. When we stop moving, the production of essential growth factors like BDNF plummets. Without this chemical fertilizer, neuroplasticity stalls, cognitive decline accelerates, and the hippocampus—the critical center for learning and memory—literally begins to shrink.
This book explores the undeniable link between kinesthetics and cognition. It details the biochemistry of muscle contractions, explaining how skeletal muscles act as an endocrine organ that secretes neuroprotective chemicals directly into the bloodstream to shield the brain from depression and dementia.
Get up and save your cognitive future. Discover the specific types of micro-movements and low-intensity exercises required to flood your brain with growth factors and halt neurological decay.
The Sedentary Brain syndrome reveals a terrifying neurological reality. Evolutionary biology designed the human brain to optimize itself during continuous movement. When we stop moving, the production of essential growth factors like BDNF plummets. Without this chemical fertilizer, neuroplasticity stalls, cognitive decline accelerates, and the hippocampus—the critical center for learning and memory—literally begins to shrink.
This book explores the undeniable link between kinesthetics and cognition. It details the biochemistry of muscle contractions, explaining how skeletal muscles act as an endocrine organ that secretes neuroprotective chemicals directly into the bloodstream to shield the brain from depression and dementia.
Get up and save your cognitive future. Discover the specific types of micro-movements and low-intensity exercises required to flood your brain with growth factors and halt neurological decay.
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