It turns out we might be building up our brain when we exercise.” Betley is corresponding author of the researchers’ published paper in Neuron, titled “ Exercise-induced activation of ventromedial ...

Our brains age along with the rest of our bodies, and as they do, they produce fewer new brain cells. Now, researchers have ...

Studies on the neurons of mice suggest our own human endurance may have more to do with the brain than our physique.

The effects of exercise would not be nearly as powerful without the input of the brain, according to new research. A study on ...

Exercise does more than strengthen muscles; it also rewires the brain. In a study published in Neuron, researchers reveal that the lasting gain in endurance from repeated exercise—such as the ability ...

The activity of certain neurons may influence our endurance for exercise, and these could be targeted to help us run faster ...

An existing drug currently used to treat glaucoma, altitude sickness, and seizures may also have the potential to prevent ...

By far the strongest genetic risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease is a variant of apolipoprotein E, or ApoE. People who carry ...