A Hormone Produced When We Exercise Might Help Fight Alzheimer’s

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/?p=31801

An exercise-induced hormone linked to a range of benefits might add another to its repertoire: protection against Alzheimer’s disease.
A new paper, published in Nature Medicine, explains that the hormone irisin, released by our bodies when we exert ourselves, seems to offer protection against the memory loss and brain damage associated with Alzheimer’s. In those with the disease, however, irisin levels are depleted. Boosting irisin levels through exercise, then, might be a way to stave of

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February 12, 2019 at 05:04PM

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