"In sedentary monkeys showed the expected decrease in these dopamine neurons on the right side of the brain after the neurotoxin was applied. But in the brains of monkeys that had run for the past three months, the neurotoxin had almost no effect. In the runners, dopamine neurons were just as plentiful on the right side of the brain as on the left."
Exercise helps brains bounce back:
Study of rhesus monkeys shows running protects dopamine neurons from death
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