The BDNF-Interactive Model for Sustainable Hippocampal Neurogenesis in Humans: Synergistic Effects of Environmentally-Mediated Physical Activity, Cognitive Stimulation, and Mindfulness
Mohamed Hesham Khalil · 2024
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Khalil proposes a model for keeping new neuron growth alive in the adult human hippocampus in a 2024 paper. The growth factor BDNF feeds that process, but it is hard to study in real-world settings. Long exposures and tangled environments confound older methods.
Three enrichment routes anchor the model: physical activity, mental stimulation, and mindfulness. Each is mapped to how it could raise or time BDNF and partner signals. The design tests whether surroundings can boost the factor right before the body uses it. That timing trick aims to sidestep long-term measurement problems. The author says the model enables cleaner human studies of enrichment and brain plasticity. It is a proposal awaiting trials.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Mohamed Hesham Khalil |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 43 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |