Published on: 2025-09-28 17:00:25
It’s not just our legs that get put through the wringer during a marathon, new research suggests. Scientists have found evidence that our brains can undergo dramatic changes while we’re running an extreme long distance race. Researchers in Spain conducted the study, published Monday in the journal Nature Metabolism. They scanned the brains of people before and after running a marathon, finding that runners experienced a significant, but temporary reduction of myelin in certain regions. The resu
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