"Do you often extinguish a bad mood by taking a trip to the local gym? While it’s hardly a secret that working out can improve both mental and physical health, new research reveals that exercise may also improve brain health in a more direct manner."
"When our muscles contract during exercise, for example while lifting a heavy weight, numerous compounds enter the bloodstream. Those compounds are capable of traveling to various parts of the body, including the brain."
"A clearer understanding of how fitness benefits the hippocampus in particular could help produce new exercise-based treatments for a variety of conditions including Alzheimer’s disease"
"Once the cells matured, they begun contracting on their own, releasing their chemical signals into the cell culture."