Future Possibilities: Neurostimulation and Longevity

Brady explains a new study that looks at the effect that endurance exercise has on the brain, both during and after exercise - and the potential implications for how runners should think about the post-run window.

00:00 The brain’s role in running

02:00 Describing the study: measuring brain activity during

05:40 findings: What happens in the brain during and after exercise

13:10 ProBio Nutrition (ad)

14:29 Does this work in humans? And neurodoping

16:05 Takeaways for runners: allow a window for recovery

20:18 Can we hack the brain? 

Brady’s article on the discussion:

How Exercise Hardwires the Brain for Endurance

https://www.physiologicallyspeaking.com/p/physiology-friday-306-how-exercise

The study:

Exercise-induced activation of ventromedial hypothalamic steroidogenic factor-1 neurons mediates improvements in endurance

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41687612/

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