A growing body of research suggests exercise can be beneficial for cognitive health.

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 UCSF team finds a liver protein, released with exercise, that improves memory in aging and Alzheimer’s disease by repairing the brain’s blood vessels. It's the missing link between exercise and ...

In older mice treated by the researchers, the blood-brain barrier was restored – shown by the pink dye not spreading much into the higher areas of the image. (Villeda Lab) Among its numerous health ...

Here's what you can do now to protect your brain in your 40s, 50s, and beyond.

Can brain training “rewire” the brain to prevent dementia? What about repair the brain following an injury? Or turn back the ...

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 ...

Research suggests compounds in foods like blackberries and kale can influence brain chemistry tied to motivation and activity ...

A study finds that people who did one specific form of brain training in the 1990s were less likely to be diagnosed with dementia over the next 20 years.

If you’ve been putting off that morning jog or skipping the gym, you might want to lace up those sneakers sooner rather than later. Scientists have finally zeroed in on the "golden window" where ...

It’s easy to add to your routine, too.

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