{"id":170557,"date":"2023-08-25T17:22:24","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T22:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/brain-gains-scientists-discover-how-to-replicate-the-cognitive-benefits-of-exercise"},"modified":"2023-08-25T17:22:24","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T22:22:24","slug":"brain-gains-scientists-discover-how-to-replicate-the-cognitive-benefits-of-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/brain-gains-scientists-discover-how-to-replicate-the-cognitive-benefits-of-exercise","title":{"rendered":"Brain Gains: Scientists Discover How To Replicate the Cognitive Benefits of Exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/brain-gains-scientists-discover-how-to-replicate-the-cognitive-benefits-of-exercise2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>An injection of a specific blood factor can replicate exercise\u2019s brain benefits, offering potential treatments for age-related cognitive decline.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pre-clinical trials by University of Queensland scientists have found that an injection of a specific blood factor can replicate the benefits of exercise in the brain.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Odette Leiter and Dr. Tara Walker from UQ\u2019s Queensland Brain Institute led a team that discovered platelets, the tiny blood cells critical for blood clotting, secrete a protein that rejuvenates neurons in aged mice in a similar way to physical exercise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An injection of a specific blood factor can replicate exercise\u2019s brain benefits, offering potential treatments for age-related cognitive decline. Pre-clinical trials by University of Queensland scientists have found that an injection of a specific blood factor can replicate the benefits of exercise in the brain. Dr. Odette Leiter and Dr. Tara Walker from UQ\u2019s Queensland [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":692,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,269,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-170557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-life-extension","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/692"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170557\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}