A UCSF team finds a liver protein, released with exercise, that improves memory in aging and Alzheimer’s disease by repairing the brain’s blood vessels. It's the missing link between exercise and ...

Engaging in exercise may effectively train your brain to enhance the performance of your muscles, heart, and lungs. So next time you complete a workout, keep in mind: while your body may be ...

“Exercise your brain,” experts advise people hoping to stave off dementia. But how? Stretching your brain might be the better description. Do a crossword puzzle a day, and you may just get good at ...

A single exercise session increased electrical activity in a brain region tied to learning and memory, a first-of-its-kind ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Keeping our minds sharp becomes just as important as maintaining our physical health when we get older. But while memory, ...

When mice exercise, their livers release GPLD1 into the bloodstream. The enzyme travels to the blood vessels surrounding the brain and removes TNAP from the surface of those cells. By trimming away ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that repeated training reshapes specific brain circuits in ways that may be essential for building endurance. Credit: Stock Endurance improvements from exercise ...

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

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Keeping our minds sharp and active can keep our brains healthy. "Any exercise retrains the brain," says Dr. Perminder Bhatia. "What happens when people get dementia is that ...

Starting aerobic exercise just two months after a stroke is safe and may help protect thinking skills, according to new research. The study provides fresh hope for stroke survivors that they can ...

Increasing our level of physical fitness leads to a bigger release of brain-boosting proteins following one session of exercise, finds a new study led by a UCL researcher. The study, published in ...