Fit Moms, Brainier Babies: Exercising mothers provide neurological benefits

Offspring of mice that jogged each day during pregnancy may have an advantage over pups of sedentary moms, according to a new study. In a part of the brain that contributes to learning and memory, the exercisers’ pups have more cells than those of sedentary mice do.

Over the past few years, studies have suggested that exercise provides a host of neurological benefits (SN: 2/25/06, p.