Exercise may shield the brain by repairing the blood-brain barrier, study suggests
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A Cell study in mice finds that exercise strengthens the brain’s protective blood-brain barrier via a liver-released protein, improving memory and learning in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease; researchers hope this mechanism translates to humans.
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