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Study Shows Voluntary Running Reduces Neuromuscular Decline In Aging Mice
Their study, published online in Neurobiology of Aging,investigated aging rodents that underwent voluntary running exercise between the ages of 22 and 27 months, which represents roughly 55 to 80 years of age in humans.
“These experiments showed that running significantly improved the neuromuscular decline in mice that underwent running compared to sedentary mice. Our findings support the mantra of ‘use it or lose it’ in regards to the connection between the nervous system and muscles, namely the neuromuscular junction,” said senior author Dr. W. David Arnold, neuromuscular specialist and associate professor at Ohio State Wexner Medical Center.