A University of Iowa-led research team has documented in humans that physical exercise sparks an increase in brain waves ...

Doctors often advise exercising your brain to stay sharp but stretching your brain might be the better description.

A team at the University of California, San Francisco has identified a specific liver-produced enzyme that explains, at the molecular level, how physical exercise protects the aging brain from ...

A single session of physical exercise can spawn a boost of neural activity in brain networks that underlie learning and memory, according to a new ...

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

Previous studies have shown that exercise not only boosts muscle performance but also rewires the brain. Anecdotally, people ...

The connection between physical movement and brain function has emerged as one of neuroscience’s most significant discoveries. The human brain, despite representing only 2% of body weight, consumes ...

Researchers headed by a team at the University of Pennsylvania have found that exercise does more than strengthen muscles, it also rewires the brain. Studying mice, the investigators discovered that ...

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 ...

Exercise may sharpen the mind by repairing the brain’s protective shield. Researchers found that physical activity prompts the liver to release an enzyme that removes a harmful protein causing the ...

Runners in Hawaii exercise at sunset. Exercise has profound effects on brain structure and provides more subtle mental health benefits as well. Sean M. Haffey / Getty Images for IRONMAN Mental health ...