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AREA. An enclosed yard or opening in a house; an open place adjoining to a house. 1 Chit. Pr. 176.


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This proposed mechanism is consistent with the findings of a study by Gardner et al, who found reduced activity in the fight prefrontal area in patients with tinnitus.
Kramer says that a possible explanation is that walking improves cardiorespiratory fitness, which, in turn, improves blood flow to the frontal and prefrontal areas of the brain, which control the executive function processes.
[3] Researchers studying the neuroanatomy of monkeys have found extensive interconnections between the frontal eye fields and the posterior parietal cortex, cingulate gyrus, thalamus, subthalamic nuclei, superior colliculus, and other premotor and prefrontal areas.
 
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