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. 2017 Sep 1;595(17):5721-5722.
doi: 10.1113/JP274658. Epub 2017 Jul 26.

Exercise makes your brain bigger: skeletal muscle VEGF and hippocampal neurogenesis

Heather J Ballard  1
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Exercise makes your brain bigger: skeletal muscle VEGF and hippocampal neurogenesis

Heather J Ballard. J Physiol. .
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Keywords: VEGF; dentate gyrus; hippocampus; neurogenesis; skeletal muscle.

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