Extremely active rats become lazy when they artificially receive ‘runners’ high’

Tuesday, October 6, 2015 - 16:20 in Health & Medicine

Past research has shown that the pleasure and reward centers of the brain are activated similarly by dangerous drugs as well as by exercise, which is why therapies have been developed for drug addicts that include lots of exercise. Now, researchers at the University of Missouri have found that activating these pleasure and reward receptors […]

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