A study finds that people who did one specific form of brain training in the 1990s were less likely to be diagnosed with ...

A UCSF team finds a liver protein, released with exercise, that improves memory in aging and Alzheimer’s disease by repairing ...

A long-running study following thousands of older adults suggests that a relatively brief period of targeted brain training ...

Did you know that moving your body not only helps you stay physically strong, but it's also a superhero for your mind? When ...

Researchers found that regularly following the exercise regimen for a year led to participants’ brains appearing nearly a ...

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 ...

Adults who did regular aerobic exercise for a year had brains that appeared about one year younger on MRI scans than people ...

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 ...

The work reveals that the brain — in mice and, presumably, in humans — is actively involved in the development of endurance, the ability to get better at a physical activity with repeated practice, ...

The Johns Hopkins professor recommends some tips you may know—and a few that might surprise you—to keep your brain firing on ...

Heavy leg exercises may increase production of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), a protein that supports the growth and maintenance of nerves in the brain, Carbone said. This process, called ...