Exercise Reduces Brain Age in Middle-Aged Mice
mouse on a treadmill
For some reason the term “middle-aged mice” amuses me. As reported in the Journal of Applied Physiology, North Korean researchers put them on a treadmill and measured the effect on the generation of new brain cells in the dentate gyrus. They found that five weeks of treadmill running increased proliferation of neural stem/precursor cells and the number of immature neurons as well as promoting the maturation and survival of immature neurons.
More evidence of the beneficial effects of exercise for brain health, and more evidence of adult brain neurogenesis and neuroplasticity…
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