Latest

exercise

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·February 19, 2022·5 min read

Exercise Can Help Older Adults Retain Their Memories

Regular exercise may help reduce declines in episodic memory for older adults.

Featured Neuroscience

·February 11, 2022·4 min read

Exercise Post-Vaccine Bumps up Antibodies

90 minutes of mild-to-moderate intensity exercise directly following a vaccine for the flu or COVID may help provide an extra immune boost.

Featured Neuroscience

·February 7, 2022·5 min read

No Time to Exercise? What About Three Seconds a Day?

Lifting weights for just three seconds a day can have a positive impact on muscle strength, a new study reveals.

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Pain

·February 1, 2022·4 min read

Exercise Harder if You Want to Ward off Pain Due to Aging

Participating in high levels of physical activities, such as swimming or a game of tennis, once a week helps stave off chronic musculoskeletal pain.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·January 29, 2022·6 min read

How to Build Resilience and Boost Your Mental Health

Improving your resilience can help boost mental health and overall well-being, researchers report.

This shows a woman moving through the air

Featured Neuroscience

·January 15, 2022·3 min read

Finding Creativity Through Movement

Researchers say the freedom to make self-determined movements may be key to flexible thinking and creativity.

Featured Neuroscience

·January 13, 2022·5 min read

Diving Deep Into the Different Effects of Morning and Evening Exercise

Study reveals how the body produces different health-promoting signaling molecules in an organ-specific manner following exercise at different points during the day.

Featured Neuroscience

·January 7, 2022·3 min read

Exercise Alters Brain Chemistry to Protect Aging Synapses

Older adults who remain active have more of a class of proteins that enhance synapses to help maintain healthy cognitive function.

Featured Neuroscience Neuroscience Videos Psychology

·December 31, 2021·7 min read

The ‘Runner’s High’ May Result From Molecules Called Cannabinoids – The Body’s Own Version of THC and CBD

New findings reveal exercise increases levels of endocannabinoids in the body. The findings may explain some of the beneficial effects of exercise on the brain and body.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·December 19, 2021·2 min read

Key to How Exercise Protects Against Consequences of Aging

Study reveals how an enzyme called NOX4 is essential for exercise-induced reactive oxygen species and the adaptive response that drives metabolic health.

This shows an older man walking with a cane

Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles

·December 14, 2021·4 min read

Running Down the Exercise ‘Sweet Spot’ to Reverse Cognitive Decline

Researchers have identified a "sweet spot" during exercise that appears to reverse age-related cognitive decline and improves learning in mouse models.