BodyFat.Tips Desk

BodyFat.Tips Desk

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2%hippocampus gained, in 120 humansMOSTLYSupported

Does Exercise Grow New Brain Cells? Yes — But Not Four Times Faster

Cartoon motor neuron with dendrites and a myelinated axon, beside the figure 2 percent

A randomised trial in 120 older adults found aerobic exercise grew the hippocampus by 2% and improved memory — that part is real. The famous 'four times faster' figure comes from mouse cells in a dish, and the phrase does not appear anywhere in the paper it is credited to. It entered at the press release.