{"id":231219,"date":"2026-02-12T17:04:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T23:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/scientists-discover-a-brain-circuit-that-enhances-physical-endurance-in-mice"},"modified":"2026-02-12T17:04:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T23:04:16","slug":"scientists-discover-a-brain-circuit-that-enhances-physical-endurance-in-mice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/scientists-discover-a-brain-circuit-that-enhances-physical-endurance-in-mice","title":{"rendered":"Scientists Discover a Brain Circuit That Enhances Physical Endurance In Mice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/scientists-discover-a-brain-circuit-that-enhances-physical-endurance-in-mice.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The effects of exercise would not be nearly as powerful without the input of the brain, according to new research.<\/p>\n<p>A study on mice has found a critical signal in the central nervous system that helps build physical endurance in the wider body after repeated exercise.<\/p>\n<p>Traditionally, scientists thought that our body\u2019s extensive response to frequent exercise occurred mainly in the periphery, such as the bones and muscles, and the heart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The effects of exercise would not be nearly as powerful without the input of the brain, according to new research. A study on mice has found a critical signal in the central nervous system that helps build physical endurance in the wider body after repeated exercise. Traditionally, scientists thought that our body\u2019s extensive response to [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1495,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-231219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231219","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\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231219\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}