Scientists believe that sport helps speed up the process of forming new nerve cells in the hippocampus.
Scientists have stated that sports can be used to get rid of intrusive thoughts and bad memories. Thus, researchers from Canada and China conducted an experiment on mice, dividing them into two groups beforehand.
First, the mice were artificially induced fear of the room. Then they were divided into two groups. One group was given access to a treadmill, and the second group was not.
At the end of the experiment, it turned out that the mice that could use the treadmill had reduced anxiety.
Scientists believe that this is the result of neurogenesis that was enhanced by treadmill exercise. In particular, the process of formation of new nerve cells in the hippocampus accelerated in mice.
Earlier in China found a new method of treatment of Alzheimer's disease. It was also reported that in Russia invented a new method of treating arthritis.