Researchers found that the higher your endurance, the better your brain works.
—scored better on the cognitive tests and higher levels of something called fractional anisotropy, which resembles white matter in the brain.
White matter is your brain’s communication system—think wires that connect brain parts with each other to share messages, as Jonathan Repple Ph.D., of the department of psychiatry and psychotherapy at the University of Muenster Hospital in Muenster, Germany, explained toIf you have high levels of intact white matter, it means your wiring is solid—your brain is well-connected and brain cells can quickly communicate.
“Better fitness causes better blood supply to the brain, causes an increase in nerve-stimulating hormones, and causes decreases in inflammation, which could lead to better ‘insulation’ of the white matter ‘wires,’” Repple said. And while more research is needed to prove cause and effect—say, that it’s not that better brain health that leads to better endurance—it seems that your workout can boost both bodyHer love of all things outdoors came from growing up in the Black Hills of South Dakota, and her passion for running was sparked by local elementary school cross-country meets.
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