Aerobic Exercise

How does the skeletal muscle communicate with the brain in health and disease?

February 19, 2023

How does the skeletal muscle communicate with the brain in health and disease?

Association of wearable device-measured vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity with mortality

December 19, 2022

Association of wearable device-measured vigorous intermittent lifestyle physical activity with mortality

Obesity is associated with reduced cerebral blood flow – modified by physical activity

December 17, 2022

Obesity is associated with reduced cerebral blood flow – modified by physical activity

A microbiome-dependent gut–brain pathway regulates motivation for exercise

December 17, 2022

A microbiome-dependent gut–brain pathway regulates motivation for exercise

Exercise restores brain insulin sensitivity in sedentary adults who are overweight and obese

November 19, 2022

Exercise restores brain insulin sensitivity in sedentary adults who are overweight and obese

Oral antibiotics reduce voluntary exercise behavior in athletic mice

October 15, 2022

Oral antibiotics reduce voluntary exercise behavior in athletic mice

Reducing Risk for Diabetes with Exercise

April 30, 2020

Reducing Risk for Diabetes with Exercise

While there has been so much attention as of late focused on infectious diseases, there is another epidemic that may have even wider implications—type 2 diabetes. In and of itself, diabetes is a significant ...

Association of Lifestyle and Genetic Risk With Incidence of Dementia

July 15, 2019

Association of Lifestyle and Genetic Risk With Incidence of Dementia

Metformin inhibits mitochondrial adaptations to aerobic exercise training in older adults

June 22, 2019

Metformin inhibits mitochondrial adaptations to aerobic exercise training in older adults

Move Your Body – Love Your Brain

May 14, 2019

Move Your Body – Love Your Brain

How does simply moving around affect the brain? For the past several years I’ve been doing my best to get out the information that shows how aerobic exercise benefits the brain by increasing the growth of ne...

Even Mild Exercise Helps the Brain

February 19, 2019

Even Mild Exercise Helps the Brain

An important part of my lectures over the past several years has been to emphasize how our lifestyle choices, around things like sleep, diet, and exercise, will ultimately impact the destiny of our brains. F...