Now a reader has pointed me in a direction that supports my theory. He suggested this VIDEO. Yoga for the brain! Who knew? It all sounds a little weird, doesn't it? I mean pinching your ears while doing squats! Puhleeze, give me a break. But, after a bit of research, I discover it is not a scam. I am going to add Super brain yoga to my daily exercise regime. The method is explained HERE.
Our firepower grows. Our weapons of choice now include exercise combined with yoga for the brain, at least 4 - 5 times a week.
In the words of Fatboy Slim who rhythmically said:
"Don't be shocked by the tone of my voice.Keep the faith PWP, the future is ours.
Check out my new weapon of choice".
P.S. Check out Christopher Walken's interpretation of the Fatboy Slim song.
Good Day.
ReplyDeleteCertainly agree on the benefits of exercise and haven't read all of your previous posts but wanted to share some sites related to neurological effect of music and dance on dopamine production.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/28/AR2011022806231.html
dopamine production impacted by music article
music makes our brain sing
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/09/opinion/sunday/why-music-makes-our-brain-sing.html
the neuroscience of music
http://www.wired.com/2011/01/the-neuroscience-of-music/
randomness of song choices increases dopamine
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-athletes-way/201212/the-neuroscience-music-mindset-and-motivation
brain craves music
http://science.time.com/2013/04/15/music/
sex works too my wife says
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurologic_music_therapy
Music and dance for Parkinson's disease
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Basal ganglia is dysfunctional for PD patients, and it may be a potential reason for improvement.
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Dance is a therapeutic intervention technique for motor dysfunctions. It is a rhythmic movement of the body to music, and this coordination of movement to music can be a critical part of music therapy for patients with movement dysfunctions. The combination of both music and exercise maximizes the function as therapeutic intervention.
Gait dysfunctions that are commonly noticed in Parkinson's disease are a flexed posture, shuffling steps, difficulty in stride length regulation, reduced foot clearance during swing phase, and increased cadence. Dancing can be used as a therapeutic tool to efficiently improve balance and complex gait tasks. One form of dancing is tango which incorporates numerous turns. The moves involve movement initiation, postural control, turning, dynamic balancing, random perturbation, and termination. The characteristics of these movements specifically aim for improving patients with Parkinson's disease.[3] This "partner" dance also helps the patients in social interaction, because it is less structured, compared to other social dances.
Dopamine is a critical neurotransmitter in maintaining the balance of body and initaiting movements. For Parkinson's disease patients, there is a major loss of dopaminergic cells in the substantia nigra, which is a part of the basal ganglia, and patients have a hard time initiating and balancing their movements. The music from dancing may serve as an external cue to facilitate movements. Controlling of tango movements leads to an increased activation in the basal ganglia.[10] Basal ganglia are usually dysfunctional for Parkinson's disease patients, and increased activation in basal ganglia signifies the potential for improvement.[10]
In the experiment performed by Hackney in 2007, subjects with Parkinson's disease were assigned to two movement therapy groups of exercise and tango, and the effectiveness was compared using the UPDRS score, the Berg Balance Scale, Timed Up and Go test and self-reported freezing of gait. Both groups showed significant improvements, but, on Berg Balance Scale and Timed Up and Go test, the tango group showed greater improvements.[3] Music therapy triggers rhythmic movement of the patients with Parkinson's, and it helps initiating the motor sensory system as well as maintaining the balance of the body.
So I still am curious about one thing. if music and dance are precursors to dopamine stimulation, does listening to music create more dopamine or if you are not producing very much dopamine, does listening to music simply circulate what limited dopamine you have? To put it another way, if production is limited and dopamine not being produced, can any more be released?
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