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Schizophrenia improved by mental and physical exercise

Filed under: Mental Health by Matt Emery on August 30, 2007 @ 22:39 PDT

Scientists at Melbourne’s Howard Florey Institute have shown that mental and physical exercise can improve behavioural deficits in schizophrenia and repair damaged chemical transmitter pathways in the brain.

“Pharmaceutical approaches may not be the sole answer for a given brain disease. People may still need optimal levels of physical and mental activity, as well as a healthy diet…”

Check out the full article here: Howard Florey Institute: Schizophrenia improved by mental and physical exercise


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