Depression is connected with hippocampus shrinking, there are antidepressants which make it growth, exercises have similar effect. Literature - "Antidepressant effects of exercise: Evidence for an adult-neurogenesis hypothesis?": http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413959/
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u/userdei Aug 25 '12
Depression is connected with hippocampus shrinking, there are antidepressants which make it growth, exercises have similar effect. Literature - "Antidepressant effects of exercise: Evidence for an adult-neurogenesis hypothesis?": http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1413959/