NEW YORK • Exercise control over brain wellness? A hormone released during exercise may improve brain health and lessen the damage and memory loss that occur during dementia, a new study finds.
The study, published this month in Nature Medicine, involved mice, but its findings could help to explain how, at a molecular level, exercise protects people's brains and possibly preserves memory and thinking skills, even in people whose pasts are fading.
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