A single exercise session increased electrical activity in a brain region tied to learning and memory, a first-of-its-kind ...

Op-Ed: What I tell my patients—and what I try to practice myself—is this: you don’t need perfection. You just need to move.

A team at the University of California, San Francisco has identified a specific liver-produced enzyme that explains, at the molecular level, how physical exercise protects the aging brain from ...

A single session of physical exercise can spawn a boost of neural activity in brain networks that underlie learning and memory, according to a new study led by the University of Iowa. The researchers ...

Increasing our level of physical fitness leads to a bigger release of brain-boosting proteins following one session of ...

Aerobic exercise and strength training offer unique and complementary benefits for brain health, according to a growing body of research. While each activity alone can support cognitive function, ...

Science has confirmed that exercise is good for the brain. It increases blood flow, inhibits stress hormones, and stimulates the release of “feel-good” endorphins. One way exercise is thought to yield ...

When mice exercise, their livers release GPLD1 into the bloodstream. The enzyme travels to the blood vessels surrounding the brain and removes TNAP from the surface of those cells. By trimming away ...

Data are limited, however. In mice, ingesting exercise mimetics appeared to improve depressive-like behaviors, and the ...

It’s no secret that regular exercise benefits the body. But scientists say it may also improve your brain to the point where it appears younger. At least that’s the key takeaway from a recent study ...

I’ve been writing about the brain benefits of physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness for over a decade. Every week, it seems there is new research that helps us better understand why exercise ...

One of the brain’s biggest benefits from exercise – the birth of new neurons – may not even require any movement. Instead, the beneficial “packages” circulating in the blood after working out can be ...