Understanding how platelets mediate new neuron formation in the adult brain

锻炼可以促进大脑中负责学习和记忆的部分——海马体中的成人神经干细胞生成新的神经细胞。该项目旨在研究这种效应背后的机制，特别是血小板如何介导这一过程。预期结果包括发现运动后血小板和大脑之间的新通信途径，并将确定这些血细胞在调节大脑功能中的重要性。这将有助于解释运动如何影响大脑，并可能通过实施新的方法来支持学校和工作场所的学习和记忆，从而提高表现和生产力，从而使澳大利亚社会受益。

Exercise boosts the generation of new nerve cells from adult neural stem cells in the part of the brain responsible for learning and memory, the hippocampus. This project aims to investigate the mechanisms behind this effect, in particular, how blood cells known as platelets mediate this process. The expected outcomes include the discovery of new communication pathways between platelets and the brain following exercise and will determine the importance of these blood cells in mediating brain function. This will help to explain how exercise affects the brain and may benefit Australian society through the implementation of new methods to support learning and memory in schools and workplaces, thereby enhancing performance and productivity.