UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., Sept. 23 -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news release:
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Engaging core muscles - through movement, exercise or even coughing - may be a key regulator of blood flow in the brain. When a body moves, the contraction of abdominal muscles increase pressure in blood vessels connected to the brain through the spinal column. A new study by researchers at Penn State shows that the increased pressure creates ultrafast constrictions of major veins in the brain, momentarily increasing blood flow. Understanding how the regulation of blood flow in the brain is influenced by movement in the body could help explain the connection between exercise and brain health or why migraines and headach...