Running doesn’t make rats forgetful
Earlier studies on other rodents linked workout-induced birth of new brain cells with memory loss
RUN, RAT, RUN Four weeks of exercise on a running wheel didn’t erase memories in rats, contrary to a phenomenon that has been observed previously in other rodent species.
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Exercise may not erase old memories, as some studies in animals have previously suggested.