Category: Exercise and Brain Health

Exercise and Brain Health

Brain Health, Exercise and Brain Health

Run Away From Holiday Stress

The effects of chronic stress on the memory center of the brain can be reduced by running. Researchers at Brigham Young University investigated the impact of stress on the connections between neurons in groups of mice who were either sedentary or who ran 5 km per day on a running wheel. The mice who ran every day did not have weakened synapses despite being subjected to stress.