Archive for October, 2011

Physical and Mental Exercise Keeps The Brain Fit

The brain — containing 100 billion neurons, 900 billion glial cells, 100 trillion branches and 1,000 trillion receptors — reacts to stimuli in a series of electrical bursts, spanning a complex map of connections. Whether calculating an algorithmic equation or learning the tango, our brain continuously changes in response to our ideas, actions and activities. [...]