How exercise benefits nerve cells

Keke W. -- A nurons electrical activity makes other cells come and put a protctive coat on the nurons that makes them travel faster. The protective coat that wraps itself around the message –sending axons is called myelin. Certain brain cells called oligodendrocytes wraps up to 150 layers on one axon. So basicly the body wants to make sure that this message gets delivered quick and safe.

What really surprised me is the brain cells would wrap that much of itslef around one anox so that it could be protcted. I never knew that this happens when ever you try new things because you would think that its normal but you body knows that its something new. Exercising helps the nerve cells be cause it makes the nurons travel faster even with the myelin on it.

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