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Nous sommes un laboratoire pour l'exercice et du sport basé à Bruxelles.

Exercise & The Brain

Central aspects of Sports injury prevention

Sports injury prevention is becoming increasingly important in organised sports. This domain has evolved rapidly in the last decades, leading to a better understanding of peripheral risk factors and injury mechanisms. This research focuses on the central aspects of sport injuries and sports injury prevention.

Exercise, training and neurogenese

In certain brain areas, it is possible to generate new neurons. The mechanisms behind this observation are however not well known. Both ‘enriched environment’ and exercise are supposed to increase neurogenesis significantly in the hippocampus. An important factor, influencing neurogenesis, is brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF).