Health & Medicine - Tuesday, April 27, 2010 10:52 - 5 Comments

Time on treadmill shapes up the brain

“We found that monkeys who exercised regularly at an intensity that would improve fitness in middle-aged people learned to do tests of cognitive function faster and had greater blood volume in the brain’s motor cortex than their sedentary counterparts,” says Judy Cameron. “This suggests people who exercise are getting similar benefits.” (Credit: iStockphoto)

U. PITTSBURGH (US)—Adult female monkeys who ran on a treadmill for an hour a day, five days a week had increased blood flow to the brain and learned faster than inactive monkeys. Continue…