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Exercise boosts motor skill learning via changes in brain's transmitters - from acetylcholine to GABA.

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Exercise boosts motor skill learning via changes in brain's transmitters - Neuroscience News.

Summary: Neurons in the caudal pedunculopontine nucleus, an area of the brain that regulates motor coordination, switch neurotransmitters from acetylcholine to GABA as a result of exercise. The switch appears to provide feedback control that regulates motor coordination and skill learning.

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Exercise enhances motor skill learning by neurotransmitter switching in the adult midbrain | Nature Communications: from acetylcholine to GABA.

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This is a really interesting study. A strong argument for exercise. Thanks for sharing it.

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