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We all know how running boosts our mood. If you go for a run, chances are you’ll feel better when you’re done. But research suggests that running may deliver benefits to the brain that extend far beyond that post-run high.
Running, it turns out, may help thwart and treat neurological disease.
Picture your circulatory system as a river. Channels of blood flow all around your body, bringing refreshing oxygen and nutrients to your organs, your limbs, and your brain. But you can modulate how fast the river flows, in a sense. The more you move—such as through running—the faster the river rushes. The faster the river rushes, the more sediment is washed away.
Sediment, in this metaphor, equates to harmful plaques that can build up on your blood vessels, says cerebrovascular researcher Rong Zhang, PhD, the director of the Cerebrovascular…
